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Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis

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Meriwether Lewis was born half a mile north in 1774. He later took part in the Lewis and Clark Expedition, sent by Jefferson to explore the far west from 1804 to 1806. The expedition reached the mouth of the Columbia River on November 15, 1805.
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