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,
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
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
Meriwether Lewis
…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, with William Clark. Their mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade with, and sovereignty over the natives near the Missouri River…
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