Lewis's woodpecker
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Lewis's woodpecker is a large North American species of woodpecker which ornithologist Alexander Wilson named after Meriwether Lewis. Lewis was one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by th
Lewis's Woodpecker
Meriwether Lewis
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Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery,
Lewis's woodpecker
…Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) is a large North American species of woodpecker which ornithologist Alexander Wilson named after Meriwether Lewis. Lewis was one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America as part of the Louisiana Purchase and first described…
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1807
Portrait by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1805
A historical marker outside present-day Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, where Lewis met with scientists and purchased supplies in May 1803 before the expedition
Meriwether Lewis National Monument located at milepost 385.9 on the Natchez Trace Parkway