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Nov 16, 2009 · On October 11, 1809, the famous explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances in the early hours of the morning after stopping for the night at Grinder’s Tavern along the...
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) 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, with William Clark .
Oct 8, 2009 · He died, apparently of bullet wounds to the head and abdomen, shortly before sunrise the next day. One of his traveling companions, who arrived later, buried him nearby. His friends assumed it was...
Dec 1, 2023 · He was only 35 years old when he passed away, and the historical evidence shows that the cause of death was self-inflicted gunshot wounds. America doesn’t like to think of one of its heroes...
Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery, died while traveling on the Old Natchez Trace in 1809. He is buried at milepost 385.9. Find out about his final days.
Jan 25, 2019 · On October 11th, 1809, Meriwether Lewis died of gunshot wounds at Grinder’s Stand, an inn on the Natchez Trace some seventy miles southwest of Nashville. He was thirty-five years old. It remains one of the great mysteries of the early United States: Was it murder or suicide?
Meriwether Lewis was found mortally wounded on October 11, 1809. Some believe it was suicide. Others think it was murder. But what if it was something else entirely?
Meriwether Lewis died a violent death in the early morning hours of October 11, 1809 – at the age of 35, just three years after the completion of the most successful exploration mission in American history.
Meriwether Lewis departed St. Louis on September 4, 1809, with his servant John Pernier. A few days into the trip, he fell ill with a recurrence of malaria, a disease which can reappear ...
May 25, 2021 · He stopped on October 11 near what is now Hohenwald, Tennessee and, that night, Lewis mysteriously died from several gunshots to the head and chest. He was 35 years old. The question of whether Lewis died by suicide or murder has never been answered and remains controversial.
