Visiting the Grave of Lewis & Clark Explorer William Clark

Good afternoon guys and welcome back to a new video. Today we're coming to you from Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri and today's topic is going to be about William Clark the explorer who was part of Lewis and Clark. So I'll take you to go and check out his final resting place in this beautiful cemetery. Let's go check it out. William Clark was born in 1770 and he was an explorer, a soldier, an Indian agent, and a territorial governor. He was a native of Virginia and grew up in the pre-statehood of Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Missouri. Along with Meriwether Lewis, Clark led the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804 to 1806 across the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean. It was the first major effort to explore and map much of what is now the western United States and to assert American claims to the Pacific Northwest. Before the expedition he served in a militia in the United States Army. Afterward he served as governor of the Missouri Territory and from 1822 until his death on September 1st of 1838 he served as superintendent of Indian Affairs. Now this is the fitting and beautiful final resting place of William Clark.