— Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry —
Twenty years before Lewis came to town, his mentor, Thomas Jefferson, wrote about the view from this rock. Jefferson's comments on the landscape were published in Notes on the State of Virginia. That book provided a model for Lewis as he recorded his observations of the west. As Lewis gathered supplies here, did he follow in the footsteps of his mentor and take in this view?| HM Number | HMCBY |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Lewis & Clark Expedition series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 8 |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 12:36pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 264239 N 4356125 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.32243333, -77.73491667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 19.346', W 77° 44.095' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 19' 20.76" N, 77° 44' 5.70" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 304 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 100 Shenandoah St, Harpers Ferry WV 25425, US |
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