meriwether lewis was the explorer who traveled to the carolinas and oklahoma and found the mississippi river.
meriwether lewis was the explorer who traveled to the carolinas and oklahoma and found the mississippi river.
which explorer traveled to the carolinas and oklahoma and found the mississippi river?
meriwether lewis
tennessee, united states, located on the banks of the mississippi river. the lands of the mississippi river basin were inhabited by paleo-indians and later native american tribes of the mississippian culture for thousands of years. the tipton phase people and the chickasaw indian tribe populated the mississippi river valley near randolph during the mississippian period. in 1541, spanish explorer hernando de soto crossed the mississippi river at or near randolph. french explorer cavelier de la salle built the first french fortification at or near randolph on his 1682 canoe expedition of the mississippi river.
history of randolph, tennessee
the portage likely was used by europeans as early as 1679, when daniel greysolon, sieur du lhut visited a sioux village at big sandy lake during his exploration of the lake superior region and the upper mississippi river. among the portage's users were fur traders who operated in the upper mississippi river valley. some went no further than the american fur company's large regional trading post on big sandy lake operated by william aitkin in the 1820s and 1830s, the years of peak usage of the route. explorers and scientists crossing the portage included david thompson, british explorer of canada and north west fur company cartographer, in 1798; zebulon pike, early explorer of the american west, in 1805; lewis cass, american general and explorer, in his unsuccessful 1820 search for the source of the mississippi river; henry schoolcraft, geologist and explorer, who accompanied cass in 1820 and led an expedition in 1832 to find the mississippi river's source; joseph nicollet, french geographer and cartographer of the upper mississippi river, in 1836; and laurence oliphant, a british explorer and writer, in 1854. tourists such as count ferdinand von zeppelin, who crossed in 1863, also used the portage.
savanna portage state park