Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
1774–1809, 1770–1838
Bold and farseeing pathfinders who carried the flag of the young republic to the western ocean and revealed an unknown empire to the uses of mankind.
A territory of 385000 square miles was added to the country by the efforts of these men, an area larger than the then existing size of the United States.
Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (Business U.S. 250) and Ridge Road, in the median on West Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
