Three words that describe a historian may be:
Expert, recorder, and knowledgeable
The 1917 French Army Mutinies were due to the loss suffered at the Second Battle of the Aisne which was the main action in the Nivelle Offensive. When the troops entered the battle, they were optimistic having been promised a decisive war-ending victory over the Germans by General Robert Nivelle. However, failure to win ruined their mood resulting in the mutinies
The railroad, and the government payed for part of it, with alot of other investors
Lewis and Clark traveled up the Mississippi River that compromises the Louisiana Purchase to reach the Bitterroot Mountains.