Freeman and Custis Red River Expedition of 1806 - Two Hundred Years Later - June 2006
2006 is the bicentennial of the ill-fated and long forgotten Freeman-Custis Red River expedition. In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson is a spate of expeditions to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase -- Lewis & Clark, Dunbar & Hunter -- planned an expedition up the Red River in search of its headwaters then thought to be in the vicinity of Santa Fe....