In the early 1800s, Sacajawea (1784-1812) accompanied Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their historical expedition from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Ocean. Sacajawea is responsible in large part for the success of the expedition, due to her...
Sacagawea Born 1786 (Present-day Idaho) Died December 20, 1812 (Present-day South Dakota) Shoshone interpreter Sacagawea is an extraordinary figure in the history of the American West. She was the only woman to participate in the Lewis and Clark...
Sacagawea Born c. 1788, Lemhi River valley (in what is now Idaho) Believed to have died April 9, 1884, Wyoming territory In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the land area of the United States. The...
Sacagawea (Sakakawea, Sacajawea, Sacajewea; see below) (c. 1788 – December 20, 1812; see below for other theories about her death) was a Shoshone woman who accompanied the Corps of Discovery with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their...
Were we related? I had to find out. I grew up in a house without books. Our family owned only an encyclopedia and a well-used dictionary. The only other books we had were those we borrowed from the library. The day I...
In his letter of April 6, James E. Roberson ridicules the Treasury Department for spelling the name of the woman pictured on the new dollar coin as "Sacagawea" rather than "Sacajawea," given that her body is buried in Sacajawea Cemetery. According to Lewis and...
Congress on Tuesday approved a redesign of the Sacagawea dollar in hopes of enticing consumer and business use of the gold-colored dollar.Under legislation passed by voice vote in the House and sent to President Bush for his signature, new editions of the coin honoring the...
The House voted Tuesday to give a new look to the Sacagawea dollar in hopes of reviving flagging interest in the seven-year-old golden coin.The legislation, approved by voice vote, would make annual changes to the reverse side of the coin to commemorate the achievements of...
