Lewis and Clark Statues in Clarksville, Indiana

Lewis and Clark Statues in Clarksville, Indiana

History has well documented the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery departing from Camp River Dubois on May 14, 1804. This marked the Corps’ westward journey toward the Pacific Ocean. However, the beginnings of the Lewis & Clark expedition occurred seven months earlier, on October 14, 1803, in tiny Clarksville, Indiana, at the Falls of the Ohio. It was here that Meriwether Lewis arrived from Washington, D.C., and met with William Clark. This site a…