Sunday is the bicentennial of explorer Meriwether Lewis's death. His death was ruled a suicide. Host Liane Hansen speaks to historians John Jackson and Thom Danisi about another possible explanation.

2009-11-26T12:06:15-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/b7d/289539-05-m.jpgKira Gale talked about the book she co-wrote, The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic ...

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When explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark blazed a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in 1806, they were hailed as heroes. But three years later — at the age of 35 — Lewis ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This video offers an overview of the expansion of the United States in 1803 through the Louisiana Purchase and the two-year expedition of Meriwether ...

FARGO — One of the most challenging, dangerous and significant multiyear expeditions ever assigned to a young man occurred in 1801. That happened when President Thomas Jefferson authorized Meriwether ...

Controversy over Meriwether Lewis' death has descendants and scholars campaigning to exhume his body at his grave site in Tennessee. Connie Ricca / Corbis Captain Meriwether Lewis—William Clark’s ...