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Historic locations connected to the Lewis and Clark story

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Big Bone Lick State Historic Site

Kentucky

Big Bone Lick in Kentucky is a famous fossil site where Lewis collected mammoth bone specimens in September 1803 to send to President Jefferson. Jefferson…

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Historic Building

Stone Tavern – Charlottesville

Virginia

The Stone Tavern in Charlottesville, Virginia was the site of a celebratory dinner for Meriwether Lewis on 15 December 1806. News of Lewis’s arrival had…

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Historic Home

Locust Hill – Lewis Family Home

Virginia

Locust Hill near Ivy, Virginia was the home of Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks, Meriwether Lewis’s mother. Lewis arrived at Locust Hill on 13 December 1806…

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Historic Home

The Inn at Meander – Fry-Jefferson Map Origin

Virginia

The Inn and Tavern at the Meanders in Locust Dale, Virginia was originally the home of Joshua Fry, co-surveyor with Peter Jefferson. Together they created…

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Historic Home

Santillane – George Hancock Home

Virginia

Santillane was the home of George Hancock in Fincastle, Virginia. William Clark visited here in December 1806 to court Julia Hancock, George’s daughter. Clark stayed…

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Interpretive Center

Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center

Virginia

The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center in Duffield, Virginia is an excellent source to learn about the difficulties of travel on the Boone Trace…

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National Park

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Kentucky

Cumberland Gap is one of the most hallowed historic locations on the North American Continent. Lewis arrived at Cumberland Gap on or before 20 November…

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Historic Home

Monticello – Thomas Jefferson’s Home

Virginia

Monticello, the iconic home of President Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, Virginia, played a central role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jefferson personally trained Meriwether…

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Historic Home

Locust Grove

Kentucky

Locust Grove was the home of William and Lucy Clark Croghan near Louisville, Kentucky. On 8 November 1806, the captains, members of the traveling party,…

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Historic Home

Grouseland – William Henry Harrison Home

Indiana

William Henry Harrison’s Grouseland was a gracious Georgian mansion built between 1802 and 1804 in Vincennes, Indiana. As Indiana Territorial Governor, Harrison provided Lewis and…

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