Attorney Jo Ann (Brown) Trogdon lives in Columbia, Missouri. She is the author of The Unknown Travels and Dubious Pursuits of William Clark (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2015), St. Charles Borromeo: 200 Years of Faith, and history articles in publications such as Arizona Highways and We Proceeded On.
Contributions to this Site
The St. Charles Boatmen
by Jo Ann Brown-Trogdon
The earliest baptism, marriage, and burial registers of St. Charles Borromeo parish help explain the identities and family connections of several of the french boatman from St. Charles.
Fort Massac
Western headquarters
by Jo Ann Brown-Trogdon
Six years before signing on with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, George Drouillard took part in a sensitive international mission for the United States Army. This mission was probably just one of Drouillard’s many services to the United States in the last decade of the eighteenth century.
Experience the Lewis and Clark Trail
The Lewis and Clark Trail Experience—our sister site at lewisandclark.travel—connects the world to people and places on the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Discover More
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.
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Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance
with additional funding from the following:
