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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Ceremony of the Three Flags-- Part 3: Lewis and Clark Delayed

On April 30, 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France, but did not take possession of it.  Spain continued to administer it as it had not officially turned it over to France.

President Thomas Jefferson ordered Lewis and Clark to explore the territory, but Spain would not allow them to do so.  So, Lewis and Clark spent the winter 1803-1804 at Camp Dubois in the then Indiana Territory (now Illinois), opposite the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

--Brock-Perry

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