In May, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory. These true American heroes faced unknown people, harsh conditions and unexplored lands to secure a place in history as two of the world's greatest explorers. The expedition traveled over 8000 total miles over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 10 days. When the expedition reached the Pacific the party voted on where to spend the winter. York, Clark's slave, is allowed to vote, nearly 60 years before slaves in the U.S. would be emancipated. Sacagawea is also allowed to vote, more than a century before either women or Native Americans are granted full rights of citizenship.
Then president, Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory, 820,000 square miles, for $15 million. After interest the final total came to be $27,267,622. That still works out to be only about 3¢ an acre! Thanks, Lewis and Clark!
Credits: All images are from net-surfing. (Any resemblance of Merriweather's body and that of my pirate in an earlier piece is purely coincidental.....)
Man. Not only an interesting collage, but a history lesson, too! I don't remember school being that interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the interesting tidbits, Bev. This is a super collage. Sacagawea was a real doll!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful collage full of history and vintage charm. I have always loved the story of Sacagawea (read a big novel years ago) and would get lost in her many adventures. Love this Bev!
ReplyDeleteA great composition for this time in history, the collage is full of depth and the colours match your theme.
ReplyDeleteProbably the last wise purchase made by the U.S. government...this is fabulous, great elements they work together so well.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this challenge Bev great idea!!!
This is fun and I loved the face you chose for Sacagawea, best of all is reading the history from you, a great story-teller.
ReplyDeleteLove your sense of humour...and thanx for the history lesson.
ReplyDeleteWonderful presentation of your story, Bev, thanks for sharing some of your US history!
ReplyDeletegreat sample for this week, love your post!
ReplyDeleteLove your story telling Bev. You make history so much more interesting. Your collage is just 'top-notch'!!
ReplyDeleteThis was a great challenge. I like it when people post a bit of history as you did.
ReplyDeleteDarla
I love this, Bev, and you are the BEST storyteller.
ReplyDelete...... what pirate? Tee hee.
Love this postage stamps and your piece looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece Bev!
ReplyDeleteMy absolute favorite biography of all time is Sacagawea (which I read in third grade!)Love this collage Bev!
ReplyDeleteBev, I think we should appoint you as the Blog's "Historian in Residence". Not only do you give us wonderful art but your writing is informative and fascinating. I love the story of Lewis and Clark which makes the mind boggle. Amazing exploits. Your picture is superb. Standing O from me.
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