Meriwether Lewis dies along the Natchez Trace, Tennessee

Thank you for reminding us TSgt Joe C. that cross country explorer Meriwether Lewis died along the Natchez Trace, Tennessee under mysterious circumstances on October 11, 1809.
Image: 1809 Meriwether Lewis death burial site.

Background from natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-tennessee/hohenwald-summertown-tn/106-meriwether-lewis.html
"Meriwether Lewis - 1774 to 1809. Beneath the monument erected under the legislative act by the State of Tennessee A.D. 1848, reposes the dust of Meriwether Lewis, captain in The United States Army, Private Secretary to President Jefferson, senior Commander of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Governor of the Territory of Louisiana.

In the Grinder House, the ruins of which are still discernible 230 yards south of this spot, his life of romantic endeavor and lasting achievement came tragically and mysteriously to its close on the night of October 11, 1809. The report of the committee appointed to carry out the provisions of the Monument Act contained these significant statements: "Great care was taken to identify the grave. George Nixon, Esq., an old surveyor, had become very early acquainted with the locality." He pointed out the place; but to make assurance doubly sure the grave was reopened and the upper portion of his skeleton examined and such evidence found as to leave no doubt this was the place of interment.

Natchez Trace - is plainly visible though long deserted. This road is a section of the Natchez Trace evolved from buffalo and Indian trails into the first national highway of the southwest. Cut and opened under authority of the United Sates government after treaties negotiated with the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians in 1801. Designed to meet early necessities of trade between Nashville and the country of the lower Mississippi it is an abiding foot print of the bold, crude commerce of the pioneers. Yet it not without military significance in the history of our country. Over it passed part of the Andrew Jackson army in his campaign against the Creek Indians in 1813 and again on his return from the battle field of New Orleans in 1815. But before Talladega and New Orleans - before the soldiers of Jackson had given renown to the Natchez Trace, it received its immortal touch of melancholy fame when Meriwether Lewis journeying over it on his way to Philadelphia to edit the story of his great expedition, met here his untimely death on the night of October 11, 1809.

Grinder House - Site and ruins of the Grinder House in which Meriwether Lewis met his death on the night of October 11, 1809. Inside the Grinder House are exhibits depicting the significance of the Trace through its history and its chronology beginning in 1765, including the creation of the parkway in 1938 by and act of Congress."

Mystery Surrounds Death of Explorer Meriwether Lewis 200 Years Later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSM4NuzCRbo

FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon

Thanks for the history share TSgt Joe C..

TSgt Joe C., the Grinder’s Stand reconstruction along the Natchez Trace is a mere 60+ miles from my front door. We’ve visited there twice.
When we drive on the Natchez Trace, depending upon where we enter, we sometimes cross the magnificent Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge. The photograph shows how the bridge spans state highway 96, looking SE to NW at this point.
SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Steve Waide COL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Marty Hogan LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez_Trace_Parkway_Bridge