X-Nico

2 unusual facts about William Clark


William Clark, Jr.

William P. Clark, Jr. (born 1931) U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1983 to 1985

William Andrews Clark, Jr. (1877–1934), American violinist, and founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; son of William Andrews Clark, Sr.


Cote Sans Dessein Township, Callaway County, Missouri

The village of La Charette in today’s Warren County was noted as the last outpost of society west of St. Louis by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their expedition of 1804-1806.

Shield nickel

The five-cent note was to bear a portrait of "Clark", but Congress was appalled when the issue came out not bearing a portrait of William Clark, the explorer, but Spencer M. Clark, head of the Currency Bureau.


see also

Bill Hodgman

William Clark Hodgman was the father of politicians Michael Hodgman and Peter Hodgman, and the grandfather of the current Leader of the Opposition, Will Hodgman.

Hank Monk

Monk is believed to have started driving a stage for William Clark in New York state between Ogdensburg and Fort Covington at age 12.

Meriwether Clark

Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr. (1809–1879), son of William Clark, U.S. Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War

Sapporo Beer Museum

William Clark was a president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, which had one of the best techniques of beet production in the United States at that time, and he hoped to establish the beet cultivation in Hokkaidō during his stay.