TN Encyclopedia: MERIWETHER LEWIS NATIONAL MONUMENT
Montana has named many landmarks for the famous Captain. Much of his adventure took place in that pristine wilderness, but Tennessee is where he rests. Lewis is buried in the side yard of the Grinder home/Inn. It was nothing more than a log house and a barn where travelers could rest for the night on the Natchez Trace.
A twelve foot monument marks the site of his burial. Its epitaph pays tribute to his undaunted courage.
Lewis County Tennessee
Lewisburg Tennessee
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Check out our new website,
www.deathofmeriwetherlewis.com.
Our new book, The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation will be published in April. It includes over 200 pages of court testimony in Lewis County, Tennessee from a Coroner's Inquest held in 1996, which my coauthor Jim Starrs organized. The second part of the book is 20 documents relating to the death of Lewis. The third part is my narrative, "The Case for Murder." Jim Starrs is the lead investigator on the application to exhume the remains of Lewis, which the family submitted to the National Park Service in January, 2009. I would appreciate your support and interest in this effort. Kira Gale
I am very much interested in this subject. My daughter and Son-in-law have a weekend cabin on the Missouri north of Helena where Lewis mentioned big horned animals jumping across the cliffs.
I'll spread the word.
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