We shall now follow up on the specimens that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent back from the Corps of Discovery Expedition of 1803-1806.
*On 8/12/1805, the shipment (from the keelboat sent back to St Louis) arrived at the President's House/White House. The shipment included natural history and and indigenous artifacts. President Jefferson forwarded many items to the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, but also sent many boxes and crates to his home, Monticello, in Virginia.*
Although many of the specimens never made it back to the East Coast, there are a few we can track down.
But first:
Ladysmith, VA: William Clark Birthplace Historical Marker |
Locust Hill, VA: Meriwether Lewis Birthplace Historical Marker |
Kings of Freedom (by Dennis Kraun) are sections of the Berlin Wall, obtained in 1990 by Robert Hefner |
The Aviator (1918, by Gutzon Borglum) Memorial to James Rogers McConnell |
Part of the Academical Village at UVA, housing rooms for students |
One student's room has been "preserved," that of Edgar Allan Poe, who attended for one term and did well, but could not afford to continue |
The plaque on the wall notes that the walls and buildings of UVA were built by enslaved laborers, after the design by Jefferson (KSS) |
The Lawn of UVA (KSS) |
At the top of The Lawn is the Rotunda, designed by Thomas Jefferson as the school library |
Both sides of the Lawn are bordered by the Pavilions (faculty residence and space) connected by the Colonnades (series of individual rooms for the students) |
The student rooms (with a fireplace) now seem to house at least two students |
The Pavilion windows are triple hung, but since they do not open onto a veranda, they have a railing to stop falls (KSS) |
Seated Thomas Jefferson statue (1915, by Karl Bitter) (KSS) |
Homer (1907, by Moses Jacob Ezekial), who was blind, is depicted with a boy with a lyre |
Statue (1913, by Jean-Antoine Houdon) of George Washington |
Statue (1910, by Moses Jacob Ezekial) of Thomas Jefferson on the north side of the Rotunda |
We found the Maclura pomifera/Orange Osage trees that are, at least, descendants of slips sent by Lewis and Clark |
Four Orange Osage trees surround Morea Hall on the UVA campus |
The base of the Lewis and Clark statue at Main and Ridge Streets in Charlottesville, which has been removed because it depicted Sakagawea in a very subservient pose |
Next: Lewis & Clark Trip 5B Monticello.
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