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William Clark, (born Aug. 1, 1770, Caroline county, Va.—died Sept. 1, 1838, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.), U.S. explorer and soldier. The brother of George Rogers Clark, he joined the army and participated in Indian campaigns under Anthony Wayne. After resigning his commission, he was recruited by his former army friend Meriwether Lewis to help lead ...
William Clark was born on August 1, 1770 in Virginia and was the ninth of 10 children. His older brother, George Rogers Clark , was a well known Revolutionary War militia commander. After the war, when William Clark was fourteen years old, his family moved to Kentucky, settling near Louisville.
William Clark by Charles Willson Peale, from life, 1807. Independence National Historical Park. One hundred sixty three years after his death, William Clark received a promotion. In 2001, President Clinton promoted Clark from Lieutenant to Captain. Although Clark’s captaincy was late in coming, to have called the famous journey of 1803 to ...
William Clark was born in Caroline County, Virginia, on August 1, 1770, the ninth of John and Ann Rogers Clark’s ten children. The Clarks’ modest landholdings and small number of slaves gave them social respectability and more than a nodding acquaintance with some of Virginia’s better families.
William Clark was born in Virginia in 1770. He enlisted in the army at age 19, and served under General Anthony Wayne. After rising to the rank of captain, he left the army in 1796 to devote his full attention to the management of the family’s large land-holdings in Kentucky and Indiana.
William Andrews Clark was born on January 8, 1839, in a log cabin in Pennsylvania. As a child, young William excelled in his studies. In 1856, at the age of 17, Clark and his family moved to Iowa ...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select group of U.S. Army and civilian volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close ...
