#32 – ‘a select corps of incomparable rascals’: Lewis, ‘96-01 [MM4.11]

#34 – 'nothing is extraordinary in these days of revolution, of reform': 1801 [MM4.13]

Lewis arrives in the new Federal District to find Jefferson’s already left. However, the two eventually settle into this first year – and receive a visit from an old friend. / 38° 53′ 52″ N, 77° 2′ 10″ W / sources and transcript of this episode at our website [https://gototheroots.substack.com/p/34-nothing-is-extraordinary-in-these] / follow us everywhere: linktree [https://www.linktr.ee/gototheroots] / @gototheroots: instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gototherootspodcast] | bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/gototheroots.bsky.social] | youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcYnjwcwYU9BDZ-VRiRrh3w] | tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@gototheroots] / support the podcast: patreon [https://www.patreon.com/gototheroots] | ko-fi [https://ko-fi.com/gototheroots] | subscribe to the substack [https://gototheroots.substack.com/] / intro/outro by aldous ichnite [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/aldous-ichnite/horse-ebooks/youll-have-a-plan-before-you-try-to-get-your-horse-on-the-trailer/] — “You'll Have a Plan Before You Try to Get Your Horse on the Trailer” and “Our Entire Bodies Have Always Been the Most Powerful Form of Visual Expression” / additional music by kit wheston [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MHczPMdNg], godmode [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD_grdLAvD4nqcqck2E-tuw/], and me! Get full access to To the Roots – Lewis & Clark at gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe [https://gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

#33 – 'a very unfinished situation': Clark, 97-02 [MM4.12]

After William left the military, he tended to his family — namely, his older brother, George Rogers’, dire financial straits. In addition to addressing lawsuits from Humphrey Marshall, Captain William Shannon and Laurent Bazadone, William travels to St. Louis for the first time (as well as tease his 1798 trip to New Orleans, which will feature heavily in a future Mile Marker). / 37° 58.752′ N, 90° 2.81′ W. / sources and transcript of this episode at our website [https://gototheroots.substack.com/p/33-a-very-unfinished-situation-clark] / follow us everywhere: linktree [https://www.linktr.ee/gototheroots] / @gototheroots: instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gototherootspodcast] | bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/gototheroots.bsky.social] | youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcYnjwcwYU9BDZ-VRiRrh3w] | tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@gototheroots] / support the podcast: patreon [https://www.patreon.com/gototheroots] | ko-fi [https://ko-fi.com/gototheroots] | subscribe to the substack [https://gototheroots.substack.com/] / intro/outro by aldous ichnite [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/aldous-ichnite/horse-ebooks/youll-have-a-plan-before-you-try-to-get-your-horse-on-the-trailer/] — “You'll Have a Plan Before You Try to Get Your Horse on the Trailer” and “Our Entire Bodies Have Always Been the Most Powerful Form of Visual Expression” / additional music by komiku [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_NdYTyKWQ] | telecasted [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDGuHd_peGLVVP32SXdHfw] | godmode [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD_grdLAvD4nqcqck2E-tuw/] | me! Get full access to To the Roots – Lewis & Clark at gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe [https://gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

#32 – ‘a select corps of incomparable rascals’: Lewis, ‘96-01 [MM4.11]

This episode follows Meriwether Lewis from William’s retirement after the council at Greenville to his receiving an invitation from President Jefferson to be his personal secretary. There’s a sketch of Lewis’s rather extensive travels, along with my trying to pin down more details on Lewis’s involvement near the end of 1797 at Chickasaw Bluffs. / 42° 19.647′ N, 83° 2.875′ W. / sources and transcript of this episode at our website [https://gototheroots.substack.com/p/32-a-select-corps-of-incomparable] / follow us everywhere: linktree [https://www.linktr.ee/gototheroots] / @gototheroots: instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gototherootspodcast] | bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/gototheroots.bsky.social] | youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcYnjwcwYU9BDZ-VRiRrh3w] | tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@gototheroots] / support the podcast: patreon [https://www.patreon.com/gototheroots] | ko-fi [https://ko-fi.com/gototheroots] | subscribe to the substack [https://gototheroots.substack.com/] / intro/outro by aldous ichnite [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/aldous-ichnite/horse-ebooks/youll-have-a-plan-before-you-try-to-get-your-horse-on-the-trailer/] — “You'll Have a Plan Before You Try to Get Your Horse on the Trailer” and “Our Entire Bodies Have Always Been the Most Powerful Form of Visual Expression” / additional music by telecasted [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDGuHd_peGLVVP32SXdHfw] | godmode [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD_grdLAvD4nqcqck2E-tuw/] | me! Get full access to To the Roots – Lewis & Clark at gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe [https://gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

#31 - Fort Greenville, ‘95-96 [MM4.10]

/ 40° 6′ 18″ N, 84° 37′ 56″ W / sources and transcript of this episode at our website [https://gototheroots.substack.com/p/31-fort-greenville-95-96-mm410] / follow us everywhere: linktree [https://www.linktr.ee/gototheroots] / @gototheroots: instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gototherootspodcast] | bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/gototheroots.bsky.social] | youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcYnjwcwYU9BDZ-VRiRrh3w] | tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@gototheroots] / support the podcast: patreon [https://www.patreon.com/gototheroots] | ko-fi [https://ko-fi.com/gototheroots] | subscribe to the substack [https://gototheroots.substack.com/] / intro/outro by aldous ichnite [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/aldous-ichnite/horse-ebooks/youll-have-a-plan-before-you-try-to-get-your-horse-on-the-trailer/] — “You'll Have a Plan Before You Try to Get Your Horse on the Trailer” and “Our Entire Bodies Have Always Been the Most Powerful Form of Visual Expression” / additional music by telecasted [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDGuHd_peGLVVP32SXdHfw] | godmode [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD_grdLAvD4nqcqck2E-tuw/] | me! Get full access to To the Roots – Lewis & Clark at gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe [https://gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

#30 – ‘brave as Caesar’: Clark to Greenville [MM4.9]

As James O’Fallon noted to Jonathan Clark: “Yr. Brother, William is gone out, as a cadet, with Genl. Scott, on the Expedition. He is a youth of solid & promising parts, and as brave as Caesar.” This entry follows William from 1791 to the Battle of Fallen Timbers and the march back to Fort Greenville. / 41° 5′ 0″ N, 85° 7′ 32″ W / sources and transcript of this episode at our website [https://gototheroots.substack.com/p/30-brave-as-caesar-clark-to-greenville] / follow us everywhere: linktree [https://www.linktr.ee/gototheroots] / @gototheroots: instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gototherootspodcast] | bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/gototheroots.bsky.social] | youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcYnjwcwYU9BDZ-VRiRrh3w] | tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@gototheroots] / support the podcast: patreon [https://www.patreon.com/gototheroots] | ko-fi [https://ko-fi.com/gototheroots] | subscribe to the substack [https://gototheroots.substack.com/] / intro/outro by aldous ichnite [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/aldous-ichnite/horse-ebooks/youll-have-a-plan-before-you-try-to-get-your-horse-on-the-trailer/] — “You'll Have a Plan Before You Try to Get Your Horse on the Trailer” and “Our Entire Bodies Have Always Been the Most Powerful Form of Visual Expression” / additional music by godmode [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD_grdLAvD4nqcqck2E-tuw/] | letter box [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMkEfySpDjg&list=PLKCo4y0JbV2axe7gTrefKHvSwq6zKA8uc&index=13] | quincas moreira [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/] | me! Get full access to To the Roots – Lewis & Clark at gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe [https://gototheroots.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]