Beyond Lewis and Clark - Emory
The Army Explores The West
Major William H. Emory (1811-1887)
U.S.-Mexican Boundary Survey
William Emory was never well-known but his work is among the best of the soldier-explorers. A graduate of West Point, he earned the respect of his troops as a fighting officer in two major wars. He also was an excellent scientist and scholar, working in the Southwest both during and after the Mexican War (1846-1848). His maps and expedition reports helped create the current Mexico-U.S. boundary.
Beyond Lewis and Clark is an online exhibit developed by the Kansas Museum of History. It is the result of a partnership between the Kansas Historical Society, the Virginia and Washington State historical societies, the U. S. Army's Frontier Army Museum at Leavenworth, and the U. S. Army Center of Military History.
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Timeline
- 1800 - Jefferson elected President
- 1804-1806 - Lewis and Clark expedition
- 1803 - Louisiana Purchase
- 1806-1807 - Pike expedition
- 1812 - War of 1812
- 1819-1820 - Long expedition
- 1838 - Corps of Topographic Engineers created
- 1842-1846 - Frémont expeditions
- 1846-1848 - Mexican War
- 1846 - Emory expedition
- 1848-1855 - U.S.-Mexican Boundary Survey
- 1853-1854 - Pacific Railroad Survey
- 1861-1865 - Civil War
- 1867 - King expedition
- 1871-1879 - Wheeler expedition
- 1874 - Custer expedition
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