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Expedition West of the Rocky Mountains reaches back home
A fragment from the Marietta Republican recounts the 1820 21 expedition of 42 men led by Col Henry Leavenworth to explore west from the Mexican frontier. After eleven years abroad William Clawson reports their journey from Albany through Green Bay Prairie du Chien St Anthony's falls and the Missouri River to the Rockies enduring winters and a long eastward voyage back toward home.
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Dublin
Virger
York
St. Pauls
Great Britain
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dong
Rocky Mountains
Behring straits
William Clawson
Fearing
Northumberland county
Henry Leavenworth
Albany
Sipeo Hasler
France
James Watson
Baltimore
Henry Williams
John Gittis
Philadelphia
Washington City
Erie
Birdsal
Green Bay
Prairie du Chien
St Anthony’s falls
Mississippi
St Peter’s
Missouri
Asia
Columbia river