Also on the same sign is this about Patrick Gass:
Text and photo of Patrick Gas
Patrick Gass (1771-1870) Meriwether Lewis considered Gass a man of "capacity, diligence and integrity." Gass, a good soldier and a first rate carpenter, volunteered for the expedition, over the objections of his superiors, while stationed at Fort Kaskaskia in Illinois.
When Sgt. Floyd (the expedition's only casualty) died on 20 August 1804, Gass was elected by the party to replace him as "Sergeant in the corps of volunteers for North Western Discovery."
Gass returned to Wellsburg after the expedition - he was the last living member of the Corps of Discovery at his death in 1870.
--Brock-Perry
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