Meriwether Lewis spent many hours in Thomas Jefferson's library studying
botany as well as other sciences. The descriptions, far right, match
the Latin named species, above. Top; Mock Orange.
Middle left; Lewis's Monkey Flower.
Middle right; White Stem Northern Black Gooseberry.
Bottom left; Rocky Mountain Maple.
Bottom right; Common Snowberry. |
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Lewis
spent many hours in Thomas Jefferson's library studying botany and
other sciences. Armed with these skills, he described an amazing amount
of new plants on the trek west.
Agency Creek flows west through the campground. The Lehmi Shoshone
winter camp was in this area for centuries before the Corps arrived. |
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