In July of 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis and three of his companions had a violent confrontation with the Blackfeet, resulting in at least one dead warrior. This encounter would lead to strained ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – 2004 marks the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expeditions to the West, and a U.S. senator wants to solve the mystery behind Meriwether Lewis' death in time for the ...

John D.W. Guice, emeritus professor of history, University of Southern Mississippi Nobody disputes that Meriwether Lewis died of gunshot wounds suffered on October 11, 1809, at Grinder’s Stand, an inn ...

The Grand Lodge AF & AM Museum in Helena displays the masonic apron of Meriwether Lewis. Not only is this treasure important to Freemasonry, it is also important for the role it played in the nation’s ...

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When explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark blazed a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in 1806, they were hailed as heroes. But three years later — at the age of 35 — Lewis ...

By 1806, the American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had solved the greatest question about their young nation: What lies beyond the wilderness? Three years later, Lewis’s death. at age ...

Many people recognize the significance of the names "Lewis and Clark," but fewer know that Army Capt. Meriwether Lewis' westward expedition was wholly a military endeavor. As official commander of the ...

Sep. 8—BALDWYN — Clark Richey of Baldwyn has heard the legends of the Natchez Trace throughout the course of his lifetime, growing up just miles away from the 444-mile stretch of ancient land. "I've ...

2009-11-26T12:06:15-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/b7d/289539-05-m.jpgKira Gale talked about the book she co-wrote, The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic ...