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Charles Floyd (explorer)

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with Lewis and Clark, he took ill at the end of July 1804. On July 31, Floyd wrote in his diary, "I am very sick and have been for sometime but have recovered my health again." However, this apparent recovery was soon followed by a severe turn for the worse. William Clark described Floyd's death as
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After Floyd's expedition journal was published in 1894, new interest was taken in him and his grave-marker was stolen by thieves. He was re-buried once more on August 20, 1895, with a monument. A marble cornerstone three feet wide and seven feet long was placed in 1900. When the obelisk of white
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in 1960. This monument is now located in a 23-acre (93,000 m) park that offers visitors a view of the Missouri River valley. Floyd's final resting place is located on old
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James J. Holmberg, Curator of Special Collections of the Filson Historical Society, Annual Sally Keith Lecture, Beargrass—St. Mathews Historical Society, October 19, 2003.
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George H. Yater and Caroline Denton, "Nine Young Men from Kentucky," We Proceeded On Publication No. 11, May 1992 (Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation) pp. 4–6.
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sandstone standing 100 feet (30 m) high was completed on May 30, 1901, Floyd's grave was moved for the fourth time to rest nearby. It was designated a
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one "with a great deal of composure" and that before Floyd died he said to Clark, "I am going away. Please write me a letter."
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark: John Speedway and Charles Floyd
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at that time, he would have been no better off had he been with the best
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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A funeral was held and Floyd was buried on a bluff overlooking the
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American explorer and member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Clark diagnosed the condition which led to Floyd's demise as
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The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States
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in his honor. They camped that night at the mouth of
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Index


Floyd's Station
St. Matthews, Kentucky
Missouri River
Sioux City, Iowa
Sergeant Floyd Monument
quartermaster
Lewis and Clark Expedition
explorer
non-commissioned officer
U.S. Army
quartermaster
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Kentucky
Robert Clark Floyd
James John Floyd
John Floyd
William Clark
Louisiana Purchase
Missouri River
Floyd's Bluff
Floyd River
bilious colic
appendix
peritonitis
appendicitis
physicians

Sergeant Floyd Monument
Floyd's Bluff

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