Travel planning and history are combined in this informative atlas designed specifically for those who want to follow the route of Lewis and Clark by car. Covering more than 800 destinations in 23 states, from the White House to the Pacific Ocean and from the Canadian border to New Orleans, this guide offers a choice of routes for each featured drive, from interstate highways to scenic byways, that follow the actual historic trail. Each group of attractions has descriptive information on one large-format page, with driving directions and full-color maps on the facing page. A list of 573 expedition campsites is arranged by state and county, and each entry is cross-referenced to the journals of Lewis and Clark. All attractions have hours, prices, phone numbers, and websites listed.

Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America (Great American Road Trips series)

Travel

Gale, Kira

United States

River Junction Press, LLC

Nearly two centuries later, mystery continues to surround Meriwether Lewis’s death—did the famous explorer commit suicide or was he murdered? Recently revealed truths and deconstructed myths are woven together in this fascinating account to form an unforgettable tale of political corruption, assassins, forged documents, and skeletal remains. New research implicating General James Wilkinson—commanding general of the U.S. Army and co-conspirator of Aaron Burr—as the assassin is thoroughly discussed, while riveting testimony from 13 leading experts in wound ballistics, forensic anthropology, suicide psychology, grave-site exhumation, and handwriting analysis offers new insight into what Lewis’s exhumed remains reveal.

The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation

Biographies & Memoirs

Starrs, James E.

Historical

Even after more than two centuries, mystery continues to surround Meriwether Lewis’s death—did the famous explorer commit suicide or was he murdered? Recently revealed truths and deconstructed myths are woven together in this fascinating account to form an unforgettable tale of political corruption, assassins, forged documents, and skeletal remains. New research implicating General James Wilkinson—commanding general of the U.S. Army and coconspirator of Aaron Burr—as the assassin is thoroughly discussed, while riveting testimony from 13 leading experts in wound ballistics, forensic anthropology, suicide psychology, grave-site exhumation, and handwriting analysis offers new insight into what Lewis’s exhumed remains might reveal. The new evidence not only destroys the foundation of suicide arguments by proving the primary evidence is a forgery, it also proves the Indian Agent escorting Lewis lied about his activities on the day of Lewis's death. The book also contains evidence of a previously unknown plot by Aaron Burr to seize New Orleans and invade Mexico in 1809, a repeat of his 1806 plot. It explains why Lewis suddenly changed his plans to travel to Washington, DC, by boat, and instead chose to go overland on the Natchez Trace, where he met his untimely death on October 11, 1809, at age 35.

Meriwether Lewis: The Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico

This new full-length biography of Meriwether Lewis is presented within the context of the turbulent times of the early American Republic. The author discusses intrigues to seize the Floridas and Louisiana from Spain with the help of France or Britain, and makes the case for General James Wilkinson assassinating General Anthony Wayne to become the commanding general of the U.S. Army. She proposes that the deadlock in the presidential election of 1800 between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson was caused by a British faction of Federalists who planned to invade Louisiana and Mexico if Burr were elected president. Three parts of the conspiracy are identified: a secret military base on the Ohio, Cantonment Wilkinsonville, where 700 U.S. Army troops were stationed; the Philip Nolan filibuster into Texas; and British naval support. After Jefferson’s election, Lewis lived in the White House as his confidential aide. In 1803, he left the White House as the leader of an elite army unit to reinforce America’s claim to the Pacific Northwest. When he returned, Jefferson appointed him governor of Louisiana Territory based in St. Louis with orders to remove followers of Aaron Burr from positions of power and influence. Within two years Meriwether Lewis was dead at the age of 35, killed by an assassin’s bullets in 1809. The case is made that General Wilkinson and John Smith T., a wealthy lead mine operator, were the organizers of his assassination. Their motive was to prevent Lewis from stopping another filibuster expedition into Mexico in 1810. This biography of Lewis offers a very different interpretation of his character and achievements, supporting the idea that, if he had lived, Lewis was in line to become president of the United States. It presents a detailed account of his activities as a loyal Jefferson supporter, presidential aide, leader of a continental expedition, and governor of Louisiana Territory.

History

Americas

Kira Gale has assembled fifty documents with commentary to support her claim that General James Wilkinson and his associate John Smith T, a wealthy lead mine operator, organized the assassination of the famed explorer Meriwether Lewis in 1809. The book is a companion to her biography, Meriwether Lewis: The Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico.The first documents concern Lewis’s financial situation and his enemies in St. Louis, where he served as Governor of Upper Louisiana Territory in 1808-09. Half of the documents are related to the conspiracy to assassinate Lewis and its cover up. The final documents concern filibuster expeditions to seize Spanish territory by Wilkinson and Smith T, and include a previously unknown attempt by Aaron Burr in 1809-10. Gale reviews the evidence and concludes with a narrative account of the assassination—how it was planned, executed, and covered up--and the motives behind it.

Fifty Documents Related to the Assassination of Meriwether Lewis: A Companion to Meriwether Lewis; the Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico

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Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America (Great American Road Trips series)

The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation

The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation

Meriwether Lewis: The Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico

Meriwether Lewis: The Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico

Fifty Documents Related to the Assassination of Meriwether Lewis: A Companion to Meriwether Lewis; the Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico