Sgt. Patrick Gass of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery
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Sgt. Patrick Gass, elected to replace Sgt. Floyd, of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery, by the first election by United States citizens west of the Mississippi River in the newly added Louisiana Territory.
Waymark Code: WM13CG
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2007
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Sgt. Patrick Gass, 1771 - 1870, is buried in Wellsburg, West Virginia. The bust was sculpted by Agnes Vincent Talbot of Boise, Idaho.
The Lewis and Clark expedition camped here on 22 August 1804, and were obliged to conduct an election to replace Sgt. Floyd, who had died a couple days earlier near Sioux City, IA.
As citizen of Virginia and chief carpenter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Sgt. Gass published the first account of the Expedition in 1807.
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