Season 1    Episode 1
November 4, 1997    2h    TV-G
Part 1 covers the expedition up to the headwaters of the Missouri River
Directed By
Ken Burns

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Cast of Part 1
  • John Logan AllenHimself - Geographer
  • Stephen AmbroseHimself - Historian
  • Gerard BakerHimself - Mandan-Hidatsa
  • Kevin ConwayPatrick Gass
  • Erica FunkhouserHerself - Writer
  • William Least Heat-MoonHimself - Writer
  • Gene JonesJoseph Whitehouse
  • Mylie LawyerHerself - Descendant of Twisted Hair
  • James P. RondaHimself - Historian
  • Murphy GuyerWilliam Clark (voice)
  • Hal HolbrookNarrator (voice)
  • Sam WaterstonThomas Jefferson (voice)
  • Adam ArkinMerriwether Lewis (voice)
  • Matthew BroderickJohn Ordway (voice)
  • Dayton DuncanHimself - Writer

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