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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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    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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    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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    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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  • May and actor Cliff Arquette. He claimed to be related to explorer Meriwether Lewis, for whom he was named. His family's surname was originally "Arcouet"...
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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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    is destroyed. June 13 – Lewis and Clark Expedition in the United States: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Empire. October 11 – Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand...
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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 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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    The dredge Captain Meriwether Lewis is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The dredge is one of the few surviving examples of its type built to control...
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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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    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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    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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    1827) August 18 Gaspard Laurent Bayle, French physician (d. 1816) Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier and public administrator (d. 1809) August...
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    du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Harper Lee Pierre Charles L'Enfant Meriwether Lewis Abraham Lincoln* Vince Lombardi Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Clare Boothe...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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