1) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the expedition.

2) Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774, near Charlottesville, Virginia and died October 11, 1809, near Nashville, Tennessee.

3) The movie centers on the famous expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who were sent by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory for the United States.

4) In 1848 Tennessee erected a grave-site marker that in 1925 became the Meriwether Lewis National Monument.

5) President Thomas Jefferson, after completing the Louisiana purchase, selected U. S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis to attempt to find an all-water route to the Pacific coast.

6) Two hundred or so years ago, it was a Native American woman who guided the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their journey of discovery through the Pacific Northwest.

7) 200 or so years ago, it was a native American woman who guided the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their journey of discovery through the Pacific Northwest.