Charles Floyd was an American explorer who served as Quartermaster in the Corps of Discovery during the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but died within the first four months of the 28-month expedition. He
Portrait by Benjamin Trott, 1804.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchas
Charles Floyd (explorer)
…Charles Floyd (June 20, 1782 – August 20, 1804) was an American explorer who served as Quartermaster in the Corps of Discovery during the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but died within the first four months of the 28-month expedition. He was one of the expedition's "Nine Young Men from Kentucky" and was the only member…
Portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Camp Dubois (Camp Wood) reconstruction, where the Corps of Discovery mustered on the east side of the Mississippi River, through the winter of 1803–1804, to await the transfer of the Louisiana Purchase to the United States
Corps of Discovery meets Chinooks on the Lower Columbia in October 1805 (Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia, painted by Charles M. Russell, c. 1905).
Reconstruction of Fort Mandan, Lewis and Clark Memorial Park, North Dakota