Lewis and Clark in Kentucky- 1806 Return of Expedition & Death of Meriwether Lewis - Shelbyville, KY
N 38° 12.663 W 085° 12.968
16S E 656175 N 4230735
Located on the Shelby County Courthouse lawn this is another marker commemorating the importance and pride of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and what it meant to Kentucky.
Waymark Code: WM54JE
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2008
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The marker reads:
Meriwether Lewis & William Clark, leaders of the 1803-06 journety to the Pacific, visited Shelbyville several times. In Nov. 1806, on the Expedition's return, Lewis arrived with Expedition veterans, Mandan & Osage Indian delegations bound for Washington, DC. Over.
(Reverse) In Shelbyville on Oct. 28, 1809, Clark learned of the death of his Expedition partner, Meriwether Lewis. Clark stopped in town when traveling eastward and read a newspaper report that Lewis had killed himself in Tennessee.
Marker Name: Lewis and Clark in Kentucky- 1806 Return of Expedition & Death of Meriwaether Lewis
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number (for official markers): 2214
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Department of Highways
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