Lewis and Clark at Three Forks
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Lewis and Clark at Three Forks

Lewis and Clark at Three Forks

Edgar Samuel Paxson • 1912
Medium Oil on canvas, 81 × 153 inches
Current Location Montana State Capitol, Helena, MT
Scene Depicted Three Forks, Montana

Monumental mural depicting the expedition’s arrival at the Three Forks of the Missouri in July 1805. Sacagawea recognizes her homeland. Clark stands at left, Lewis flanks Sacagawea, with Charbonneau at right and York and John Colter at far left. Used as the cover of Stephen Ambrose’s “Undaunted Courage.”

Scene Location

Three Forks, Montana

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