William Clark’s 1809 Journal

1 – The Clarks Travel East: William Clark’s 1809 Journal, St. Louis to Washington D.C. and Back

2 – To Washington by Carriage with 3 Servants: A Journey of Many Changes and Adjustments

3 – Poor Roads and Questionable Food: Few Five-Star Rated Accommodations

4 – Visit with The Benjamin Temple Family: Description of Russellville, KY 1809

5 – Breakfast with Mr.Vance, Bowling Green, KY: Enlightenment Philosophy Meets The Great Revival of 1800

6 – Traveling a Well-Established Road to See the Large Clark Family: Current Day I-64 and US 31 W. Corridor

7 – The Clark’s 1809 Louisville Homecoming: Family Fun, a New Baby, and Business

8 – Very Bad News While Traveling in a Beautiful Country

9 – Confirmation that Governor Lewis is Dead

10 – A Heavy Heart and a Great Deal of Work in Lexington: Meeting with George Shannon

11 – South on the Lexington Branch of the Wilderness Road

12 – A Broken Carriage Strap Caused Delay

13 – Rain and Mud in the Wilderness: Warm Tavern and Good Company

14 – A Wilderness with Cold Muddy Roads

15 – A Night at the Edge of a Meteorite Strike

16 – South on the Old Kentucky Road to Bean Station

17 – East to Rogersville: Traveling Through the Former State of Franklin

18 – Miles to Go With Little Rest

19 – The Western End of the Great Valley Road: Snow and Winter Weather

20 – Rain, Cold and Wet, Again

21 – Preston Hospitality: Arriving at the Preston’s Late at Night

22 – On the Road Again

23 – Where did the Clarks Stay in Christiansburg?

24 – A Contagious Disease: Santallaine and the Joyous Homecoming

25 – To Washington by Horse

26 – Facing a Difficult Conversation with the Marks Family

27 – Guidance from Mr. Jefferson

28 – To Richmond, VA: William Douglas Meriwether, Executor of the Meriwether Lewis Estate

29 – Merry Oaks to Richmond

30 – From Merry Oaks to Washington

31 – Sunday with Old Friends at Fredericksburg

32 – All Night on A Stage Coach or “The Red Eye to Washington”

33 – Meeting with the Secretary-of-War

34 – Bills-of-Exchange Settled and Expedition Journals Secured

35 – Homeward Bound via the Kanawha River (Present-day West Virginia)

36 – Securing and Protecting the Lewis and Clark Journals for Future Generations

37 – The End of an Era