William Clark

William Clark (August 1, 1770 - September 1, 1838) was an American explorer who accompanied Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Portrait of William Clark by Charles Willson Peale, 1810 This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Portrait of William Clark by Charles Willson Peale, 1810 This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... Battle of Chesma, by Ivan Aivazovsky. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Meriwether Lewis, portrait by Charles Willson Peale Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Corps of Discovery, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. ... Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. ...

William Clark was born in Caroline, Virginia on August 1, 1770. He was the second-youngest of the ten children born to John and Ann Rogers Clark. When the Revolutionary War began, William Clark was the only male member of his family who did not go off to battle, as he was too young. When he was 12 he entered the Continental Army. His older brother George Rogers Clark rose to the rank of General in the Continental Army. George Rogers Clark spent most of the war deployed to the western frontier of the colonies, fighting a proxy war against Native American tribes that had been provoked by the British into fighting colonists. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... Battle of Chesma, by Ivan Aivazovsky. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ... Illustration depicting uniforms and weapons used during the 1779 to 1783 period of the American Revolution by showing four soldiers standing in an informal group General George Washington, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775. ... Clark as painted by Matthew Harris Jouett in 1825 George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was the preeminent American military leader on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. ...

After the Revolutionary War, the Clark clan moved to Beargrass Creek, near Louisville, Kentucky. They arrived in the spring of 1786, having traveled overland to the Ohio River Valley before completing the journey by boat. “Louisville” redirects here. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Ohio River is the largest tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. ...

Despite the family's status in colonial society, Clark did not have any formal education. His lack of standard instruction is most famously reflected in the somewhat inventive spelling he employed in the journals he kept throughout the journey to the Pacific Ocean that he undertook with Meriwether Lewis. Meriwether Lewis, portrait by Charles Willson Peale Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Corps of Discovery, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. ...

In 1789 William Clark enlisted in the Kentucky Militia, a local force that had been raised to fight attacks from Native Americans in the region. By 1792 the federal government joined in the effort to quell a Native American insurgency. Clark accepted a commission as a lieutenant in the regular army. 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Main Article: Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. ...

William Clark left the army in 1796, returning to Mulberry Hill, his family plantation near Louisville. In 1803, he was asked by Lewis to share command of the newly-formed "Corps of Discovery." Clark spent three years on the expedition, and although technically subordinate to Lewis in rank, he exercised equal authority at Lewis's insistence. He concentrated chiefly on the drawing of maps, the management of the expedition's supplies, and the identification of native plants and animals. Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A map is a simplified depiction of a space which highlights relations between components (objects, regions) of that space. ...

Indian affairs and war

Clark was appointed a brigadier general of the militia and made superintendent of Indian affairs in the Louisiana Territory in 1807. He set up his headquarters for this in St. Louis, Missouri. When the Missouri Territory was formed in 1813, Clark was appointed governor. During the War of 1812, he led several campaigns and he established the first post in what is now Wisconsin. The United States in 1810, following the Louisiana Purchase. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Combatants United States Great Britain Canada Bermuda Eastern Woodland Indians Commanders James Madison Henry Dearborn Jacob Brown Winfield Scott Andrew Jackson George Prevost Isaac Brock† Tecumseh† Strength •U.S. Regular Army: 35,800 •Rangers: 3,049 •Militia: 458,463* •US Navy & US Marines: (at start of war): •Frigates:6 •Other... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N  - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population  Ranked...

After the war, Clark returned to the administration of Indian affairs, employing various diplomatic and military measures in response to several uprisings in the area, such as the Black Hawk War. He also worked as a surveyor. Combatants United States Sauk Nation Commanders Henry Atkinson Henry Dodge Adam Snyder Isaiah Stillman Samuel Whiteside Black Hawk Strength 2,000 Miltia 1,500 Regulars volunteers? Indian allies ? 1000 The majority were women and children Casualties 33 killed in action 39 non-combatants killed 450-600 The Black Hawk War... Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. ...

Clark married Julia Hancock on January 5, 1808, and had five children with her: Meriwether Lewis Clark (1809-1881) named after his friend Meriwether Lewis; William Preston Clark (1811-1840); Mary Margaret Clark (1814-1821); George Rogers Hancock Clark (1816-1858), named after her older brother; and John Julius Clark (1818-1831). After Julia's death in 1820, he married her first cousin Harriet Kennerly Radford and had three children with her: Jefferson Kearny Clark (1824-1900); Edmund Clark (1826-1827); and Harriet Clark (dates unknown; died as child). His second wife died in 1831. His stepdaugther Mary Radford married Stephen Watts Kearny January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Stephen Watts Kearny (August 30, 1794–October 31, 1848) was a United States Army officer, noted for action during the Mexican American War. ...

Legacy

Clark died in St. Louis (September 1, 1838) and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, where a 35-foot (10.6 m) gray granite obelisk was erected to mark his grave. Although his family had established endowments to maintain the site, by the late 20th century the grave site had fallen into disrepair. His descendants raised $100,000 to rehabilitate the obelisk and celebrated the re-dedication with a ceremony May 21, 2004, on the bicentennial of the start of his famous expedition. The ceremony was attended by a large gathering of his descendants, reenactors in period dress, and leaders from the Osage Nation, and the Lemhi band of the Shoshone Native American people. Bellefontaine Cemetery (established in 1849) and the Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery (established in 1857) in St. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Shoshone around their tipi, probably taken around 1890 Shoshone Indians at Ft. ...

Clark was a member of the Freemasons. The records of his initiation do not exist, but on September 18, 1809, Saint Louis Lodge No. 111 issued a traveling certificate for Clark [1]. American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...

On January 17, 2001, in one of his last acts as President, Bill Clinton posthumously raised Clark's regular army rank to captain. Descendants of Clark were there to mark the occasion.[2] January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

The western American plant genus Clarkia (in the Evening primrose family Onagraceae), is named after him, as are the Western cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) and Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), a large passerine bird, in the family Corvidae. Several states have named a county in his honor: Arkansas, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, and Washington. He also has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Clarks River in western Kentucky is named for him. And at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, there is a Grade I race run each year in his honor called the Clark Handicap. Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... Species over 40, see text Clarkia is a genus within the flowering plant family Onagraceae. ... Evening Primrose was a television musical written in 1966 by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman for ABC Televisions Stage 67. ... Genera Boisduvallia Calylophus Camissonia Chamerion Circaea Clarkia Epilobium Eucharidium Fuchsia Gaura Gayophytum Gongylocarpus Hauya Hemifuchsia Heterogaura Isnardia Jussiaea Lopezia Ludwigia Oenothera Stenosiphon Xylonagra Zauschneria The Onagraceae or Willowherb family (or Evening Primose family) is a family of flowering plants. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Clark County is a county located in the state of Idaho. ... Clark County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ... Lewis and Clark County is a county located in the state of Montana. ... Clark County is a county located in the southwestern part of the state of Washington, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. ... The St. ... Clarks River is a small river located in the Jackson Purchase region of Western Kentucky. ... Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... “Louisville” redirects here. ... A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ... The Clark Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses. ...

External links

• Works by William Clark at Project Gutenberg