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Aug 28, 2024 · William Clark (born August 1, 1770, Caroline county, Virginia [U.S.]—died September 1, 1838, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.) was an American frontiersman who won fame as an explorer by sharing with Meriwether Lewis the leadership of their epic expedition to the Pacific Northwest (1804–06).
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.
Apr 2, 2014 · (1770-1838) Who Was William Clark? William Clark was part of the legendary exploration team of Lewis and Clark. The journey began when Meriwether Lewis invited him to share command of an...
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.
William Clark was born in in Caroline County, Virginia in 1770 to a moderately wealthy slaveholding family. As a teenager, his family also moved to Kentucky to begin a life on the frontier, where he learned many of his useful later outdoor skills.
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.
May 23, 2018 · The American explorer and soldier William Clark (1770-1838) was second in command of what has been called the American national epic of exploration, the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806, which traveled from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.
The Corps of Discovery was a select group of U.S. Army and civilian volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark.
William Clark was born in Virginia in 1770. He enlisted in the army at age 19, and served under General Anthony Wayne. After rising to the rank of captain, he left the army in 1796 to devote his full attention to the management of the family’s large land-holdings in Kentucky and Indiana.
William Clark, (born Aug. 1, 1770, Caroline county, Va.—died Sept. 1, 1838, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.), U.S. explorer and soldier. The brother of George Rogers Clark, he joined the army and participated in Indian campaigns under Anthony Wayne.
