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    Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role...
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  • Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. (January 27, 1846 – April 22, 1899) was the founder of the Louisville Jockey Club and the builder of Churchill Downs, where...
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    of U.S. Army and civilian volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark. Clark, along...
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    Meriwether Lewis Clark (January 10, 1809 – October 28, 1881) was an architect, civil engineer and politician. He was also a military officer in the Mexican–American...
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    headquartered in Tupelo and has nine district offices: Leipers Fork, Meriwether Lewis, Cherokee, Tupelo, Dancy, Kosciusko, Ridgeland, Port Gibson, and Natchez...
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  • Arquette. He claimed to be related to explorer Meriwether Lewis, for whom he was named. Merriwether Lewis however never had children. His family's surname...
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    Miss. Selserville, Miss. Washington, Miss. Natchez Source: Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition fame, died while traveling on the Trace...
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    on February 1, 2010, to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord. Fort Lewis, named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was one of the largest...
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    Base on February 1, 2010 to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord. Fort Lewis, named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was one of the largest...
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    during a period of rapid growth in the mid 1800s. On September 4, 1809, Meriwether Lewis, now the Governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, left St. Louis...
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    William Clark (category Lewis and Clark Expedition people)
    settling in what became the state of Missouri. Along with Meriwether Lewis, Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804–1806 across the Louisiana Purchase...
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  • Grinder's Stand (category Buildings and structures in Lewis County, Tennessee)
    Trace. A replica can be visited today at the Meriwether Lewis Park, located on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Lewis County, Tennessee, south of Nashville, southwest...
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    Navy to be named for the explorers Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) and William Clark (1770–1838), who carried out the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804–06...
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    second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The contract to build her was awarded to National...
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  • Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (ISBN 0684811073), written by Stephen Ambrose, is a 1996 biography...
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    film, Blonde. Also in 2022 he played Meriwether Lewis in Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis. In 2023 he began starring as Elliot Augustine...
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    Meriwether Lewis Walker (September 30, 1869 – July 29, 1947) was an American military officer in the United States Army with the rank of Brigadier General...
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    county is named for explorer Meriwether Lewis, who died and was buried at Grinder's Stand near Hohenwald in 1809. Lewis County was formed in 1843 from...
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  • Lewis and Clark collectively refers to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the first expedition to cross the...
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    1804, the Corps of Discovery reached a Mandan village, where Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark built Fort Mandan for wintering over in 1804–05....
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  • first cousin, Charles Lilburne Lewis, on September 12, 1769. He was related to Meriwether Lewis, who would help lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The couple...
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    Ouachita River. Meriwether Lewis sent some slips and cuttings of the curiosity to President Jefferson in March 1804. According to Lewis's letter, the samples...
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    Montana, and was renamed Lewis and Clark County on March 1, 1868, in honor of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Lewis and Clark County is part...
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    Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) is a large North American species of woodpecker which ornithologist Alexander Wilson named after Meriwether Lewis...
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    geographic discovery". When the Lewis and Clark Expedition became the first white men to see the falls in 1805, Meriwether Lewis said they were the grandest...
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    Toussaint Charbonneau (category Lewis and Clark Expedition people)
    1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark came to the area, built Fort Mandan, and recruited members to the Corps of Discovery. Originally, Lewis and Clark...
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    Ambrose, pp. 102-107 Discovering Lewis & Clark, Keelboats *Clark, William (July 18, 1803). "William Clark to Meriwether Lewis, 18 July 1803". archives.gov...
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  • Lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis) is an autonomous robot that performs the job of a wedding photographer: it attends social events, moves around, and...
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  • Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative (also known as MLEC) is a non-profit, member owned utility cooperative that provides electric power service and internet...
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    4 m3/s). Unlike nearby Lewis County and Fort Lewis the Lewis River was not named for Meriwether Lewis, but rather for A. Lee Lewis, an early pioneer who...
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