William Clark
1770-1838
American Explorer
William Clark is best known as co-leader of the Corps of Discovery, leadership he shared with Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809). In this role Clark helped explore ...
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The American explorer and soldier William Clark (1770-1838) was second in command of what has been called the American national epic of exploration, the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806, which ...
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In 1803 the United States doubled in size as the result of the Louisiana Purchase. A year later the dominant movement in American society of the nineteenth century, westward expansion, originated with...
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the first American scientific expedition that the United States government sponsored, the first to cross the North American continent within the present United S...
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American novelist (b. June 11, 1925,
Newport News, Va.
—d. Nov. 1, 2006, Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts
), was noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a rich, classical pr...
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William Clark's goal was simple: He wanted to have a successful military career like his father. Clark's dad was George Rogers Clark, a Revolutionary War hero and successful plantation owner. The s...
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Two teenagers have been charged with killing their foster mother and her mother-in-law, fueling renewed criticism of how the state Department of Children's Services places juveniles in foster care....
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A jail chaplain who distributed anti-Islam booklets with derogatory depictions of the prophet Muhammad has been suspended, officials said.The Rev. Teresa Darden Clapp, a chaplain at the Rockland Co...
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More than 3 1/2 years of fairs, ceremonies, reenactments and symposiums marking the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition draw to a close this weekend, with organizers declaring the l...
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The family of Pvt. William Bernice Clark never had a funeral for him, never got to say goodbye and never really accepted his fate among the fallen during the Normandy D-Day landings in World War II...
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Jay Minthorn remembers watching the Columbia River rise, the islands of Celilo Falls vanish, the fishing platforms wash away _ and a centuries-old way of tribal life vanish forever.The gates of The...
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Badges? We don’t need no Jeep badges. Anyone can tell the Jeep Compass isa car, indeed, a station wagon pumped up to SUV dimentions, and not a Jeep. At least, not a Jeep in the high-Sierra, m...
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William Clark
William Clark
William Clark
Styron, William Clark, Jr.
