Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap
Side A:
Meriwether Lewis, coleader of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, with a party of Expedition veterans and a Mandan Indian delegation, went through Cumberland Gap in Nov. 1806 en route to Washington to report on the expedition. (Over)
Side B:
Cumberland Gap
Expedition coleader William Clark traveled through the Gap in Dec. 1806 on his way to Washington to reunite with Lewis and to report to President Thomas Jefferson and other government officials about the journey.
Marker is on U.S. 25E, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
