What are some quick interesting facts about William Clark?
Born August 1 1770 six years before the start of the American Revolution – – – – Militia Captain by age 20, coleader of the expedition bearing his name in his mid tirties, died at the age of 69 (snicker, snicker)…. hmm going with links and snippets http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/BIOs… “”William Clark was born on August 1, 1770. He grew up on his family’s Virginia plantation, but moved to Louisville, Kentucky when he was 14. In 1789, he joined the militia to fight the Native Americans in the Ohio Valley. Three years later, he joined the army and became an officer, only to retire in 1796 to manage his family’s plantation. In 1803, Clark’s army comrade, Meriwether Lewis, invited Clark to co-lead an expedition across President Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase. To prepare for the trip, Clark studied astronomy and cartography. He was responsible for the expedition’s record keeping and map makin
