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William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. [1] A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Missouri.
William Clark, June 20, 1804. On June 19, 1804, a favorable wind enabled the keelboat and two pirogues that comprised the flotilla of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to move upstream past numerous islands and sandbars against a strong current under sail power. Sgt.
William Clark, the celebrated explorer who joined Meriwether Lewis in leading an overland expedition to the Pacific from 1804 to 1806, looms large in the history of America’s westward expansion.
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William Clark was born in Caroline County, Virginia, on August 1, 1770, the ninth of ten children of Jonathan Christopher Clark IV (1725-1799) and Ann (Rogers) Clark (1728-1798). His parents were natives of King and Queen County, and were of English and possibly Scots ancestry. The Clarks were common planters in Virginia, owners of modest estates a...
In 1789, 19-year-old William Clark joined a volunteer militia force under Major John Hardin. In 1790, he was commissioned by General Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory, as a captain in the Clarksville, Indiana militia. In 1791, Clark served as an ensign and acting lieutenant with expeditions under generals Charles Scott and James...
As an experienced army officer, among his soldiers was Ensign Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) whom he befriended. Meriwether Lewis later became the personal secretary to President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). When the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, an exploratory expedition in the new lands was of vital national importan...
After the expedition, Clark returned to his family home in Louisville, before traveling to Virginia in hopes of wooing Julia Hancock, which he did successfully. The government awarded him 1,600 acres of land and $1,228 in back pay. Clark was named Brigadier General of the Louisiana militia. The death of Meriwether Lewis in 1809 left a vacancy in th...
Clark married Julia Hancock in January 1808. Julia bore him at least five children, but died in 1820, and his daughter Mary soon after. He lost his son, Julius, in childhood as well. Clark married Julia's first cousin* Harriet Kennerly Radford in 1821, who bore him more children, one of whom died at less than one year old. The second Mrs. Clark die...
William Clark moved from the Missouri countryside to St. Louis City to live with his son Meriwether Lewis Clark in 1838, and died on September 1st, 1838. He was buried in a family plot at his nephew's farm two days later. In the 1850s his remains, along with other family members, were moved to Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1904 du...
Clark County can be found in six U.S. states: Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana (Lewis and Clark County), and Washington.Posthumously promoted to grade of Captain by President Clinton in 2000Journals and Writings 1. University of Nebraska (Lincoln): Journals of the Lewis & Clark ExpeditionThe site features the full text of the journals, and the index enables a user to search the journals using modern spellings of names and to be able to locate all instances of the word. 2. Kansas Historical Society: Items from Clark's role as Superinte...
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William Clark rose to prominence through his famous Western expedition with his partner, Meriweather Lewis. Together they explored lands never before seen by Americans and gathered information on geography, plants, animals, and Indigenous cultures.
Lexington is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. [4] The population was 4,726 at the 2010 census. Located in western Missouri, Lexington lies approximately 40 miles (64 km) east of Kansas City and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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Popularly called the “Indian Museum,” William Clark’s collections were housed in a 100-foot extension that he had added to his house on Main Street.
