Lewis and Clark:Off the Record

One day Lewis and Clark expedition made a short rest stop near the future location of Lexington, MO.

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“You know, Meriwether“, said William Clark squatting in the tall grass and enjoying the view,”I hope some schmuck in the future won’t install a historic marker at every place we took a crap”. “I don’t know, William, we are making history here”, replied Lewis and started looking around for a large-sized leaf.

Back on the boat he noted the exact coordinates of the historic spot for posterity and named the plant he just used “charminuim” because it felt “ultra soft”.