Revolutionary War hero General George Rogers Clark wasn’t the only famous person in the family. His younger brother William Clark along with Meriwether Lewis began their journey at George Rogers Clark Home Site.

History

When Meriwether Lewis journeyed down the Ohio River to meet William Clark, his stopping place was a rugged area of wooded hills where the river swirled and eddied over rock formations dating back eons and containing a rich load of fossilized materials. Called the Falls of the Ohio, it was the most hazardous spot on the 981-mile river – and also where Lewis and Clark would begin their epic journey to the Pacific Northwest.

Clark was staying with his older brother, Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark, in a cabin above the Ohio, a tiny dot among the more than 150,000 acres of land Indiana awarded to the latter for his heroism during the Revolutionary War.

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