1 – The Clarks Travel East : William Clark’s 1809 Journal, St. Louis to Washington D.C. and Back 2 – To Washington by Carriage with 3 Servants : A Journey of Many Changes and Adjustments 3 – Poor Roads and Questionable Food : Few Five-Star Rated Accommodations 4 – Visit with The Benjamin Temple Family : Description of Russellville, KY 1809 5 – Breakfast with Mr.Vance, Bowling Green, KY : Enlightenment Philosophy Meets The Great Revival of 1800 6 – Traveling a Well-Established Road to See the Large Clark Family : Current Day I-64 and US 31 W. Corridor 7 – The Clark’s 1809 Louisville Homecoming : Family Fun, a New Baby, and Business 8 – Very Bad News While Traveling in a Beautiful Country 9 – Confirmation that Governor Lewis is Dead 10 – A Heavy Heart and a Great Deal of Work in Lexington : Meeting with George Shannon 11 – South on the Lexington Branch of the Wilderness Road 12 – A Broken Carriage Strap Caused Delay 13 – Rain and Mud in the Wilderness : Warm Tavern and Good Company 14 – A Wilderness with Cold Muddy Roads 15 – A Night at the Edge of a Meteorite Strike 16 – South on the Old Kentucky Road to Bean Station 17 – East to Rogersville : Traveling Through the Former State of Franklin 18 – Miles to Go With Little Rest 19 – The Western End of the Great Valley Road : Snow and Winter Weather 20 – Rain, Cold and Wet, Again 21 – Preston Hospitality : Arriving at the Preston’s Late at Night 22 – On the Road Again 23 – Where did the Clarks Stay in Christiansburg? 24 – A Contagious Disease : Santallaine and the Joyous Homecoming 25 – To Washington by Horse 26 – Facing a Difficult Conversation with the Marks Family 27 – Guidance from Mr. Jefferson 28 – To Richmond, VA : William Douglas Meriwether, Executor of the Meriwether Lewis Estate 29 – Merry Oaks to Richmond 30 – From Merry Oaks to Washington 31 – Sunday with Old Friends at Fredericksburg 32 – All Night on A Stage Coach or “The Red Eye to Washington” 33 – Meeting with the Secretary-of-War 34 – Bills-of-Exchange Settled and Expedition Journals Secured 35 – Homeward Bound via the Kanawha River (Present-day West Virginia) 36 – Securing and Protecting the Lewis and Clark Journals for Future Generations 37 – The End of an Era
Clark's 1809 Journal