Global Animal Memorial

A long-term public-interest archive preserving animal stories, memorial records, source-based case files, and human-animal coexistence memories.

Animal Stories

Seaman: the Newfoundland dog of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition route, United States
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Seaman was the Newfoundland dog purchased by Meriwether Lewis in 1803 and the only animal to complete the full Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Lewis and Clark Expedition route, United States

Public-source memorial image related to Seaman, Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.
Public-source memorial image related to Seaman, Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.

Story

Seaman accompanied Lewis and Clark from the Mississippi to the Pacific and back, appearing repeatedly in expedition records.

The archive records his work, injuries and special status rather than reducing him to a mascot.

Seaman is archived because exploration histories also contain animal labour and endurance.

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