Undaunted Courage | Captain Meriwether Lewis
Lewis organized and led the first journey across the North American continent. He was born in 1774 into a distinguished Virginia planter family that had a close acquaintance with the family of Thomas Jefferson. Lewis became an explorer at a young age when he and his family moved to a frontier colony in Georgia. Although he had little formal education, he became an avid naturalist.
In 1794, Lewis volunteered for the militia called out by President George Washington to put down the Whiskey Rebellion. He remained in...
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