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Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark Expedition Map tracing the Lewis and Clark Expedition routes from St. Louis, Missouri, up the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains, and to the mouth of the Columbia River on the Pacific coast. The map uses red and purple lines to show the outbound journey (1804-05) and the separate return and exploratory routes (1805-06), with key locations such as Fort Mandan and Fort Clatsop marked, and territorial boundaries of the period labeled, including the Louisiana Purchase. Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea Seaside Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Meriwether Lewis

American explorer
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Jay H. Buckley
Associate Professor of History, Brigham Young University. Author of William Clark: Indian Diplomat; By His Own Hand?: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis; and others.
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Meriwether Lewis (born Aug. 18, 1774, near Charlottesville, Va. [U.S.]—died Oct. 11, 1809, near Nashville, Tenn., U.S.) was an American explorer, who with William Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the uncharted American interior to the Pacific Northwest in 1804–06. He later served as governor of Upper Louisiana Territory. Born to William Lewis and Lucy Meriwether, Meriwether Lewis grew up on Locust Hill, the family’s plantation in Ivy Creek, Va.—near Monticello, home of...

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