A comprehensive resource for the general public, educators, students, and researchers that tells the story of the Louisiana purchase through more than 100 maps, documents, and color paintings, ...

This page from an elementary school history book is a map of the Western US, showing the area covered by the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Text deals with the area of land and its significance in our ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S. of ...

The United States emerged from the Revolutionary War with its independence, but the young nation remained vulnerable to foreign powers. Both France and Spain claimed territory west of the original ...