Clay Tours Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Estate — Video Dispatch

As a kickoff for his 2025 Lewis and Clark trek, Clay visited and toured Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's primary home and plantation in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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The Peaks of Otter — Thomas Jefferson Speculated America’s Tallest Mountains — Video Dispatch

Clay checks out The Peaks of Otter in the Blue Ridge Mountains, which Thomas Jefferson speculated were the country's tallest mountains.
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Lewis and Clark’s Traveling Magic Show

Attending a magic show by my friend Joshua Jay in Pittsburgh got me pondering the “magic” of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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The Spot That Made Thomas Jefferson Swoon: A Visit to Natural Bridge — Video Dispatch

Clay stopped by Natural Bridge State Park in the Shenandoah Valley. The site so captivated Thomas Jefferson that he purchased it from King of England in 1774.
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Animatronic depiction of York at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux City, Iowa

The Ten Young Men From Kentucky — History, Old and New

Clay reflects on the historical dynamics of the “Ten Young Men” who made up the original core of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery.
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Clay at Poplar Forest

Visiting Thomas Jefferson’s Private Personal Retreat — Video Dispatch

Kicking off his 2025 transcontinental Lewis and Clark trek, Clay spends the day at Poplar Forest, the beloved personal retreat of Thomas Jefferson, the mastermind behind the famous Corps of Discovery.
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LTA truck and Airstream at Poplar Forest

Delightful Ignorance: Jefferson and the American West

Clay begins his 2025 Lewis and Clark transcontinental journey in the land of Thomas Jefferson, the patron saint of the famous 1804-1806 expedition.
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Leaving Home

Spring is here. It’s time to pack the bags, load the truck, and get on the trail of Lewis and Clark.
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Oxford English Dictionary

A Word About Dictionaries

A short dissertation on my infatuation with dictionaries.
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Thomas Jefferson's majestic second home, Poplar Forrest, in Lynchburg, Va. Clay Jenkinson will lecture there at 2:00 pm, May 6, 2025. (Photo Poplar Forest)

Join Clay at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Home and Help Kick Off LTA’s 2025 Lewis and Clark Adventure

Clay will lecture at 2:00 p.m., May 6, 2025 on Thomas Jefferson’s vision for Lewis and Clark’s “Corps of Discovery.”
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