Template:On this day/September 23

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September 23:

  • 1806Lewis and Clark Expedition Arrives Back in St. Louis. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark arrived back in St. Louis two-and-a-half years after they began their expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition, which is often considered one of the greatest exploratory quests in U.S. history.