Missouri River Expansion

Throughout Montana, the Missouri River splits off several times. Guessing a wrong path would cause a the team a major setback. Luckily Lewis and Clark along with the rest depict clues as to which stream is the real Missouri River. Then they got to the Three Forks of the Missouri. It was easy to pick that the westward most one was bigger. Clark named the three rivers after the country’s leaders, Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin. Going down the Jefferson river leads them to Lemhi Pass, which is a split in the mountains along the Continental Divide.