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kaskia, the oldest town in Illinois, from the 

 French ; this victory he followed up by seizures 

 of the other French villages, Cahokia and Vin- 

 cennes. In 1780 he accepted a command under 

 Baron von Steuben to defend Virginia against 

 the British, and from that time on until the 

 close of the Revolution he was engaged in 

 active warfare against the English and the 

 Indians, winning many notable victories and 

 in 1782 destroying five Indian villages on the 

 Scioto and Miami rivers. Ten years after the 

 close of the war he accepted a commission as 

 major-general to recapture Spanish possessions 

 on the Mississippi for the French, but the plan 

 was not carried out. His last years were spent 

 in retirement on part of an estate in Indiana 

 which he had received from the Virginia legis- 

 lature. 



CLARK, WILLIAM (1770-1838), an American 

 soldier and explorer who is remembered 

 chiefly for his association with Meriwether 

 Lewis in an expedition to the Pacific coast, to 

 explore parts of the new Louisiana Purchase. 

 He was born in Virginia, and at the age of 

 fourteen removed with his family to the site 

 of Louisville, Ky. Eight years later he joined 

 the army as lieutenant of infantry, and in 1794, 

 under General Wayne, took part in a campaign 

 against the Indians. In 1796 he resigned be- 

 cause of ill health, but in 1803 again entered 

 the army and was commissioned second lieu- 

 tenant. The following year Clark and Lewis 

 began their memorable exploring trip westward, 

 traveling 8,500 miles in two and one-half years. 

 Clark was later made Indian agent for Upper 

 Louisiana, was governor of Missouri territory 

 between 1813 and 1821, and from 1822 until 

 his death held office as superintendent of In- 

 dian affairs at Saint Louis. He was the young- 

 est brother of George Rogers Clark (which 

 see). 



See LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, accompany- 

 ing which is a map of the route followed ; also 

 LOUISIANA PURCHASE. 



CLARKSBURG, W. VA., one of the leading 

 industrial cities of the state, is the county seat 

 of Harrison County. It is situated in the 

 western hills of the - Alleghany Mountains, in 

 the north-central part of the state, on the main 

 line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. An 

 electric railroad connects the city with the 

 surrounding towns. Wheeling is ninety-seven 

 miles northwest, Parkersburg is eighty miles 

 west, and Baltimore is 316 miles east. The 

 population in 1910 was 9,201; in 1914 it was 

 11,394. 



Clarksburg is called "The Fuel City of the 

 Fuel State." Within a radius of twenty-five 

 miles are ninety coal mines, which yield 

 9,000,000 tons annually. Natural gas and oil 

 are accessible in almost unlimited quantities. 

 Hardwood timber and glass sand are abundant. 

 The most important enterprises are glass, 

 glass bottle and fruit jar manufactories; art 

 pottery, dishes, etc., are made, and there are 

 chemical and carbon works and cigar factories, 

 wood-working plants, machine shops and foun- 

 dries. The shipping interests of the city are 

 therefore extensive. 



The Federal building, erected in 1888 at a 

 cost of $100,000, and three large hospitals are 

 among the important public buildings. Saint 

 Joseph's Academy and a commercial college 

 supplement the public school system. Broadus 

 College, once here, is now in Philippi. 



The city was settled in 1772, and named for 

 the pioneer soldier, George Rogers Clark. It 

 was incorporated in 1849 and obtained a city 

 charter in 1897, under which it is now governed. 

 Clarksburg was the birthplace of "Stonewall" 

 Jackson. 



CLARK UNIVERSITY, an institution for 

 post-graduate study, founded in 1887, at 

 Worcester, Mass., by Jonas Oilman Clark. The 

 successful development of the university is 

 due in large part to the distinguished educator 

 who became its first president, G. Stanley Hall 

 (which see). The institution was founded to 

 give educators and specialists opportunities 

 to do research work along their particular lines. 

 Students carry on their studies with a good 

 deal of independence, while the instructors act 

 as guides and advisers. A college department, 

 known as Clark College, was organized in 1902, 

 a fund of $1,300,000, left by Mr. Clark, being 

 used for this purpose. The university faculty 

 numbers about thirty, and the student body, 

 about 130. Among the journals published by 

 the institution are the American Journal of 

 Psychology and The Pedagogical Seminary. 



CLASSICS, a name applied very generally 

 to writings of the highest rank, but more espe- 

 cially to the best literary and art productions 

 of the world those that are accepted as 

 standard. The period of most brilliant literary 

 activity of any nation is usually referred to as 

 its classical period; its best writings are known 

 as its classics. Thus, Thackeray, Dickens and 

 George Eliot are numbered among the classic 

 novelists in English literature, and Shakespeare, 

 Browning, Tennyson, Longfellow, Whittier, 

 Poe and others of their rank are classics 



