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
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
Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr.
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Meriwether Lewis Clark was an architect, civil engineer and politician. He was also a military officer in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. He was a son of famous explorer William C
William Clark
…life. After returning from his cross-country expedition, Clark married Julia Hancock on January 5, 1808, at Fincastle, Virginia. They had five children: Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr. (1809–1881), named after his friend and expedition partner; William Preston Clark (1811–1840); Mary Margaret Clark (1814–1821); George Rogers Hancock…
Meriwether Lewis Clark
Clark's grave (front center) at Bellefontaine Cemetery