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Fast Facts
- Proceeds of auction at which the commanders sold the Corps of Discovery's equipment: $408.62
- Retail price of the first published version of the Lewis and Clark journals in 1814: $6
- Current retail price of the 13-volume set of expedition journals published between 1983 and 2001: $900
- Number of expedition members who returned to the Upper Missouri to trap furs: 4
- Number killed there by Indians: 3
- Year the first state in Louisiana Territory achieved statehood: 1821 (Missouri)
- Year the last state in territory achieved statehood: 1890 (Idaho)
- Population of the United States in 1803: 5.3 million
- U.S. population at Lewis and Clark centennial in 1905: 83.8 million
- U.S. population in January, when first. installment of this series was published: 285.5 million
- U.S. population today: 288.6 million
- Number of states along Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: 11
- Number of states in which members of Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation reside: 50
Sources: Stephen Ambrose, "Undaunted Courage"; University of Nebraska Press; U.S. Census Bureau; Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
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