George Shannon (1785–1836), the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was born in Pennsylvania. He joined the Corps of Discovery on October 19, 1803, as one of the "nine young men from Kentucky". During the trip, he got lost, twice. On August 26, 1804, he was sent to retrieve two pack horses; he was lost for sixteen days and nearly starved, as he went without food for twelve days except for some grapes and a rabbit. At first he thought he was behind the expedition, so he sped up thinking he could catch up. Then, getting hungry, he went downstream to look for a trading party he could stay with. Finally John Colter was sent to find him. Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804−1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark of the United States Army. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... In most imperative computer programming languages, a for loop is a control structure which allows code to be executed iteratively. ... Private John Colter (1774–1813), a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was the first white American to enter what is now known as Yellowstone National Park, descend into Jackson Hole and see the Grand Teton mountains, in 1808. ...

He got lost again August 6, 1805, when the expedition was at the Three Forks. He was dispatched up a fork the party had named Wisdom (the middle fork was named Jefferson and the placid fork, Philanthropy). He rejoined the party after three days by backtracking to the forks and following the trail of the others. August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Three Forks is a city located in Gallatin County, Montana. ...

In 1807 he was with a party led by Nathaniel Pryor that was attempting to return the Mandan chief Sheheke to his people. He was wounded in an encounter with the Arikaras and lost a leg; he would eventually receive a government pension. The Mandan are a Native American tribe that historically lived along the banks of the Missouri River and its tributaries, the Heart and Knife Rivers in present-day North and South Dakota. ... Pre-contact distribution of Arikara Mandan and Arikara delegation. ...

In 1810 he assisted in Nicholas Biddle's history of the expedition. Later, Clark asked him to join a fur trading enterprise, but Shannon chose to study law instead. By 1818 he had a law practice in Lexington, Kentucky, and was later elected senator from Missouri. He died in the middle of a lawsuit without any warning at all, and was buried in Palmyra, Missouri. Nicholas Biddle (1750-1778) was an officer in the Continental Navy. ... Nickname: Athens of the West Horse Capital of the World Location in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Coordinates: Country United States State Kentucky Counties Fayette  - Mayor Jim Newberry (D) Area    - City 739. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Palmyra is a city located in Marion County, Missouri. ...

External link

• Lewis and Clark Journals, Members of the Expedition (U. Nebraska)