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The Last Days of Meriwether Lewis

Natchez Trace Parkway

Duration: 4 minutes, 29 seconds
Date Created: 2014-08-29
Credit: NPS/Great Divide Pictures
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Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery, died while traveling on the Old Natchez Trace in 1809. He is buried at milepost 385.9. Find out about his final days.