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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. American explorer and Governor (1774–1809) Meriwether Lewis Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, c. 1807 2nd Governor of the Louisiana Territory In office March 3, 1807 – October 11, 1809 Appointed by Thomas Jefferson Preceded by James Wilkinson Succeeded by Benjamin Howard Commander of ...
Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative (also known as MLEC) is a non-profit, member owned utility cooperative that provides electric power service and internet services to rural communities in western Middle Tennessee. It is a 501(c)(12) organization, and is headquartered in Centerville, Tennessee. [2]
Hohenwald is a city in and the county seat of Lewis County, Tennessee. [6] The population was 3,757 at the 2010 census. The name "Hohenwald" derives from German meaning “High Forest". Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, died and was buried seven miles east of the town at Grinder's Stand in 1809.
Grinder's Stand was a stand, or inn, located on the Natchez Trace.A replica can be visited today at the Meriwether Lewis Park, located on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Lewis County, Tennessee, south of Nashville, southwest of Columbia, and east of Hohenwald, Tennessee.
Meriwether Lewis National Monument and Gravesite, April 2014. Lewis County was formed in 1843 from parts of Perry, Hickman, Lawrence, Maury and Wayne counties. [1] It was named for explorer Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. [4] Lewis's grave is located at the geographic center of the county.
(The Center Square) – The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Tennessee's Protect Tennessee Minors Act can go into effect. Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti called the decision ...
Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition fame, died while traveling on the Trace. Then serving as appointed governor of the Louisiana Territory, he was on his way to Washington, D.C., from his base in St. Louis, Missouri. Lewis stopped at Grinder's Stand (near current-day Hohenwald, Tennessee) for
A witness first saw the gun poking through a crack between the apartment door and the frame. There had been a knock and an eerie silence, then an attempt by two men to force the door open.