The Lost Journal of Meriwether Lewis — Missouri River, 1804
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The Lost Journal of Meriwether Lewis — Missouri River, 1804
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Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, the Lewis and Clark Expedition was tasked with charting the vast, uncharted territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. Their journey is one of the most documented and celebrated explorations in American history. But what if a fragment of that history—long buried—revealed something entirely unexpected?
In this episode, we examine a little-known journal entry attributed to Meriwether Lewis, recovered in 1997 during renovations at Jefferson’s secluded retreat, Poplar Forest. The entry, authenticated by handwriting analysis but never officially released to the public, details an extraordinary encounter along the upper Missouri River—an experience Lewis himself seemed reluctant to share.
Join us as we revisit the Corps of Discovery’s journey into the unknown and uncover a moment of contact that history left behind.