Shelbyville in Shelby County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky 1806 Return of Expedition
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Death of Meriwether Lewis

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky 1806 Return of Expedition Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 14, 2019

1. Lewis and Clark in Kentucky 1806 Return of Expedition Marker

Inscription.
Lewis and Clark in Kentucky
1806 Return of Expedition Meriwether Lewis & William Clark, leaders of the 1803-06 journey to the Pacific, visited Shelbyville several times. In Nov. 1806, on the Expedition's return, Lewis arrived with Expedition veterans, Mandan & Osage Indian delegations bound for Washington, DC. Over.

Death of Meriwether Lewis In Shelbyville on Oct. 28, 1809, Clark learned of the death of his Expedition partner, Meriwether Lewis. Clark stopped in town when traveling eastward and read a newspaper report that Lewis had killed himself in Tennessee.
Presented by the Ohio River Chapter-Lewis & Clark Trail
Heritage Foundation, National Park Service, Ky. Lewis & Clark
Bicentennial Commission, Shelby County Historical Society.

Erected 2006 by Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2214.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Exploration. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Lewis & Clark Expedition series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1806.

Location. 38° 12.662′ N,

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85° 12.917′ W. Marker is in Shelbyville, Kentucky, in Shelby County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 60) east of 5th Street, on the left when traveling east. Located to the west of the Shelby County Judicial Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 421 Main St, Shelbyville KY 40065, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Louisville Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Squire Boone's Station, 1779 (within shouting distance of this marker); Shelbyville Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Founder Capt. William Shannon (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Shelbyville Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Shelby County, 1792 (within

Death of Meriwether Lewis Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 14, 2019

2. Death of Meriwether Lewis Marker

shouting distance of this marker); Centenary Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); The Blockhouse / Martin's Raid (within shouting distance of this marker); Shelby County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shelbyville.

Also see . . . Lewis and Clark in Kentucky. Website homepage (Submitted on July 19, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

View from marker looking east on Main Street - Old Location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 14, 2019

3. View from marker looking east on Main Street - Old Location

Marker on left side of Shelby County Courthouse - Old Location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 14, 2019

4. Marker on left side of Shelby County Courthouse - Old Location

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky 1806 Return of Expedition side in front of Judicial Center parking lot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 28, 2025

5. Lewis and Clark in Kentucky 1806 Return of Expedition side in front of Judicial Center parking lot

New Location

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 28, 2025

6. Death of Meriwether Lewis side looking towards adjacent commercial building - New Location

Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,107 times since then and 58 times this year. Last updated on April 1, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 19, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 5, 6. submitted on April 1, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky 1806 Return of Expedition⎯⎯⎯Death of Meriwether Lewis

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky 1806 Return of Expedition
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Death of Meriwether Lewis