Meriwether Lewis
The Cottonwood Explorer
#OTD On this day, in 1805, Meriwether Lewis was just one day away from reaching the Great Falls of Missouri.
He wrote his own brief description of a species that was previously unknown to science.
He wrote,
"The narrow-leafed cottonwood grows here in common with the other species of the same tree with a broad leaf."
Wonder if he saw all the cottonwood seeds floating through the air...
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