One of the biggest surprises in the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803 was what they found in the future North Dakota. The American explorers expected surprises, after all, their 8,000-mile odyssey to explore the $15 million Louisiana Purchase was uncharted and unexplored. Their journey has become one of America's most celebrated and admired events—entitled “Undaunted Courage” by historian Stephen E. Ambrose. President Thomas Jefferson and Congress thought they were spending $2,500 on a
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