!["The enemy came, looked at [Battery Hooper and other defenses] and stole away in the night," said General Wallace.](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/_EfPcawjGI_cCGdLNbyS2_uAnIY=/450x300/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Civil-War-battery-in-Kentucky-631.jpg)
A buried Civil War battery in a Kentucky suburb tells of valiant men standing at the ready… and waiting… and waiting….
When snow blankets the mountains, the expedition is once again imperiled
As the corps finally makes contact with the Shoshone Indians, interpreter Sacagawea reunites with her family
From the beginning, the cost of increasing and diffusing knowledge exceeded even Smithson’s generosity
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/54th-Mass-Civil-War-Morris-Island-charge-631.jpg)
Preservation or Development at Morris Island?
On this site where the nation’s legendary African-American fighting force proved its valor in the Civil War, a housing development ignited a debate
Needing horses and a route across the Rockies, the corps must find Sacagawea’s people or risk the fate of the expedition
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f0/af/f0af72a8-67a6-4da7-8525-b0a36829d09f/513cdgvqhcl_sx302_bo1204203200-wr.jpg)
A look back at the world in Smithsonian Magazine’s first year
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/9e/78/9e787ec8-b8af-4a8d-9f00-4f4ac2000264/1024px-cathlapotle_plankhouse_07402.jpg)
Near Portland, Oregon, archaeologists and Indians have built an authentic Chinookan plankhouse like those Lewis and Clark saw
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b5/3f/b53f0047-1435-4efc-8e06-82f3d0b7d301/three-forks-view_1.jpg)
After deliberating for nine days, the captains choose the tortuous southwest branch of the Missouri toward the Great Falls
Taking care of the nation’s treasures requires art, history and even molecular science
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/indelible_rcloud.jpg)
He made little headway with President Grant, but Red Cloud won over the 19th century’s greatest photographers
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/d6/cd/d6cddc44-4c93-4e7f-a354-0b7ae3caf141/gettyimages-2669039.jpg)
When Franklin Roosevelt Clashed With the Supreme Court—and Lost
Buoyed by his reelection but dismayed by rulings of the justices who stopped his New Deal programs, a president overreaches
After a canoe capsizes, the first sight of the mountainous “snowey barrier” lifts the corps’ spirits
:focal(984x577:985x578)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/cc/43/cc43caf3-edb0-461a-840b-031a59a63e7c/franklin_d_roosevelt_portrait_-_nara_-_196689.jpg)
For some stories, the roots go way back, even to childhood
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Rising-from-the-Ashes-631.jpg)
The eruption of Mount St. Helens 25 years ago this month was no surprise. But the speedy return of wildlife to the area is astonishing
A kinder, gentler tax form is on the way
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/books_clark.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f9/28/f92861dc-b805-47cc-bed6-863895209e4c/001_fort_mandan_interior.jpg)
After a winter of waiting, the corps leaves Fort Mandan and heads warily into bear country
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/beer_631.jpg)
During Prohibition, an odd alliance of special interests argued beer was vital medicine
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/digs_toothbrush_388.jpg)
Excavations in a legendary gold rush town uncover the unsung labors of Chinese immigrants on the frontier
Page 155 of 171