Visiting the Grave of Lewis & Clark Explorer William Clark

Visiting the Grave of Lewis & Clark Explorer William Clark. Today, we are visiting the gravesite of William Clark, part of the Lewis & Clark duo who explored America. His grave is located in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

In 1803, Meriwether Lewis invited William Clark to share in the exploration into the uncharted area newly acquired by the United States with the Louisiana Purchase. Clark acted as mapmaker and artist, portraying in great detail the life they observed. Clark was credited with rescuing the expedition from disaster on more than one occasion. After Clark's successful return from the Pacific coast three years later, President Thomas Jefferson awarded him 1,600 acres and made him brigadier general of militia for the Louisiana Territory as well as superintendent of Indian affairs. He held that post the rest of his life. From 1813 he served as governor of the Missouri Territory. Clark died in St. Louis where a 35-foot gray granite obelisk was erected to mark his grave. His descendants raised $100,000 to rehabilitate the deteriorated obelisk and rededicated it with a ceremony on the bicentennial of the start of Corps of Exploration.

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