2025 ROADTRIP — RETRACING THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL
Kicking off on May 6th at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest in Lynchburg, Virginia, Clay set out to retrace Lewis and Clark’s celebrated 1804-1806 expedition across the continent. Clay will trace the Lewis and Clark expedition from Virginia, where it was conceived in the imagination of Thomas Jefferson, all the way down the Ohio River, up the Mississippi and Missouri, over the Bitterroot Mountains, down the Clearwater, Snake, and Columbia rivers — and back again.
Traveling in a 23-foot Airstream, Clay’s expedition is a central part of LTA’s big initiative to take the pulse of America as it approaches its 250th birthday. You can follow Clay’s Lewis and Clark adventure in the stories and videos linked below and on the LTA Facebook site. Also, subscribe to our newsletter.
Following the Ohio River on the Lewis and Clark Trail
- Published in Features
Clay Tours Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Estate — Video Dispatch
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
The Peaks of Otter — Thomas Jefferson Speculated America’s Tallest Mountains — Video Dispatch
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Lewis and Clark’s Traveling Magic Show
- Published in Features
The Spot That Made Thomas Jefferson Swoon: A Visit to Natural Bridge — Video Dispatch
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
The Ten Young Men From Kentucky — History, Old and New
- Published in Features
Visiting Thomas Jefferson’s Private Personal Retreat — Video Dispatch
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Delightful Ignorance: Jefferson and the American West
- Published in Features
Leaving Home
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
A Word About Dictionaries
- Published in Books