Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
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Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, sometimes known in childhood as Pompey or Little Pomp, was an American explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, alcalde of Missi
Memorial to Charbonneau at Fort Washakie
7th Baronet of Blair, 1837, by Alfred Jacob Miller
Inskip ruins
The First & Third Markers
William Clark
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William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Mi
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
…they traveled across the country with the Lewis and Clark expedition, the first group to cross the U.S. to the Pacific coast. The expedition co-leader William Clark nicknamed the boy Pompey ("Pomp" or "Little Pomp"). After the death of his mother, he lived with Clark in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended St…
Portrait by John Wesley Jarvis, c. 1810
"Candlefish" or "Eulachon" (Thaleichthys pacificus) art is the first ever documentation of this species in a Lewis and Clark Expedition journal on February 25, 1806.
Portrait of Clark by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1810
Clark family plot at Bellefontaine Cemetery