Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- CORPS
- The Corps of Discovery, the full name of Lewis's expedition, set out from Camp Dubois, Illinois, in May 1804 and returned to St. Louis in September 1806.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- JOURNAL
- Lewis kept detailed scientific journals throughout the expedition, describing hundreds of plants and animals previously unknown to science.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BEAVER
- Beaver pelts were among the most commercially prized resources of the western frontier, and the Corps encountered beaver in abundance along the Missouri River.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- COMPASS
- Accurate navigation instruments were essential to the mission; Lewis and Clark's careful readings helped produce the first reliable maps of the American Northwest.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Meriwether Lewis Is Born: A Future Explorer Arrives: a free large-print word search
Meriwether Lewis word search, free and large-print, honoring the Virginia-born explorer who carried courage and a compass to the Pacific.
About Meriwether Lewis Is Born: A Future Explorer Arrives
On August 18, 1774, Meriwether Lewis was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, into a world where the western edge of the continent was little more than rumor and speculation. Three decades later he would co-lead the Corps of Discovery overland to the Pacific, filling journals with meticulous notes on rivers, wildlife, and terrain no American expedition had ever recorded. The prairies stretched endless before his party, the rapids tested every canoe, and the frontier rewarded every ounce of their courage with wonders that reshaped the map of a young nation.
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- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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