Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson

(North Side):Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson

Lewis and Clark and a party of eight men visited the site of Fort Jefferson on Nov. 18, 1803, while on their epic 1803-1806 journey to the Pacific. Fort est. in 1780 by ...

The Hon. Rufus A. Lewis

1906 - 1999

Lewis began an earnest voting rights drive in the early 1940s. Credited with registering 4 generations of Montgomery voters. He established Citizenship School that tutored prospective black voters to fill out the literacy text. A barrier before the ...

St. Michael's Prairie / The Lewis and Clark Expedition

St. Michael's Prairie

St. Michael’s Prairie, the site where St. Joseph would be established, was identified on maps at least as early as 1792. French explorers and trappers had been traveling up and down the Missouri River since the early 1700s, ...

York: Lewis and Clark Expedition

Born in Caroline County in 1770, York was a slave of the William Clark family and the only African American on the 1803-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition. Approximately 34 years old at the time, York was one of the hunters ...

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky

McCracken County

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Lewis and Clark, with the nucleus of the Corps of Discovery, stayed in present McCracken Co. in Nov. 1803 while traveling down the Ohio River on their journey to the Pacific. Clark returned 1827 to establish Paducah. Over.

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Lewis Lawrence Griffin

Born in South Carolina, October 3, 1794, Lewis Lawrence Griffin moved to Georgia with his widowed mother in the early 1800’s. He fought in the Georgia Militia under General Daniel Newnan in Florida and, later, under Generals John Floyd and ...

Samuel Lewis Hays

Built this home in 1837 on a 1000-acre tract, and laid out the town of Glenville in 1845. As a member of the Virginia Assembly, he urged the building of the Parkersburg-Staunton Turnpike. As a Congressman, in 1842, Hays appointed ...

Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller

Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller was born on 26 June 1898 in West Point and lived here until entering Virginia Military Institute in 1917. He withdrew a year later and enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving more than 37 years. One ...

Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller

“West Point’s Own” “A Marine’s Marine”

Lt. General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller, the most decorated Marine in the history of this country, was born on June 26, 1898 and grew up only a few houses away from where are standing. He ...

The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri

“The Deer in the Morning & evening are feeding in great numbers on the banks of the River, they feed on young willow, and amuse themselves running on the open beeches or points.”

William Clark, June 25, 1804.

The Lewis and ...