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Event:  Exploration of Mississippi River
Category:  St. Louis and the West
Brief Description:  At the request of Governor Wilkinson in 1805, Zebulon M. Pike began exploration of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers heading north.
Year:  1805
Decade:  1800 - 1809
Beginning Date:     Aug. 09, 1805

 

 

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