Search results 1 - 4 of 4 for the tag Expedition
At the pole
This photograph of Robert E. Peary, Matthew Henson, and Inuits Ooqueh, Ootah, Egingwah, and Seegloo was taken on April 7, 1909, at the North Pole. Peary claimed to...
Jefferson’s confidential message to Congress
On January 18, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent a secret message to Congress. In it, he asked Congress for $2500 to explore the West–all the way to the Pacific...
On the hunt
Soldiers from the Mexican Punitive Expedition are pictured in May 1916 in front of a bunker-like abode. Earlier that year, General John J. Pershing had led several...
Surveying the West
Observed by curious onlookers, several boats of the Wheeler Expedition leave Camp Mojave in the Arizona Territory on September 15, 1871. Between 1871 and 1879...
Search results 1 - 4 of 4 for the tag Expedition