Fort Clatsop

Place · mentioned in 45 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
6 mentions via 1 variant: Fort Clatsop (6)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Whitehouse Describes the Ocean Coast
Nov 18, 1805 · Columbia River Estuary, Washington
"site of their winter encampment"
The Vote on Winter Camp — Democracy on the Frontier
Nov 24, 1805 · Station Camp, Columbia River Estuary, Washington
"winter home established after vote"
Clark: December 8, 1805
William Clark · Dec 8, 1805 · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
"chosen site for winter quarters"
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 13, 1805
John Ordway · Dec 13, 1805 · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
"winter quarters being built"
Lewis: December 18, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Dec 18, 1805 · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
"location of entry"
Christmas Day at Fort Clatsop
Dec 25, 1805 · Fort Clatsop, Oregon
"location of somber Christmas observance"
John Ordway: December 25, 1805
John Ordway · Dec 25, 1805 · Fort Clatsop, OR (near modern Astoria, OR)
"new fort named after Clatsop nation"
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 31, 1805
Patrick Gass · Dec 31, 1805 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"name given to the fortification"
Clark: January 1, 1806
William Clark · Jan 1, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"location of winter encampment, newly completed"
Lewis: January 1, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 1, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"completed winter quarters"
Sacagawea Insists on Seeing the Whale
Jan 6, 1806 · Ecola Creek, Tillamook Head, Oregon
"where word of whale arrived"
Clark: January 9, 1806
William Clark · Jan 9, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"35 miles from return route"
Lewis: January 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 10, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"35 miles from whale site"
Lewis: January 28, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 28, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"stands on the Ne-tul river"
Clark: January 30, 1806
William Clark · Jan 30, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"location of journal entry"
Clark: February 2, 1806
William Clark · Feb 2, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"one month elapsed at fort" — transcribed as fort Clatsop
Lewis: February 2, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 2, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"one month elapsed of stay there"
Clark: February 7, 1806
William Clark · Feb 7, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"location of the feast"
Lewis: February 7, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 7, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter encampment, living in high stile"
Clark: February 8, 1806
William Clark · Feb 8, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"location where meal enjoyed as luxury"
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 12, 1806
John Ordway · Feb 12, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter quarters where they stayed"
Clark: February 15, 1806
William Clark · Feb 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter quarters sheltered from SW winds"
Lewis: February 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter quarters sheltered from winds"
Clark: February 25, 1806
William Clark · Feb 25, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter quarters, unable to make observations"
Lewis: February 25, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 25, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"where party is stationed during rain"
Clark: February 26, 1806
William Clark · Feb 26, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"current winter quarters, low provisions"
Clark: March 3, 1806
William Clark · Mar 3, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"party awaiting April 1st departure"
Lewis: March 3, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 3, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"wintering location, counting days until April 1st"
Clark: March 5, 1806
William Clark · Mar 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter quarters, departure planned April 1"
Lewis: March 5, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter quarters, not leaving until April" — transcribed as fort Clatsop
Clark: March 20, 1806
William Clark · Mar 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter quarters where party remains"
Lewis: March 20, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winter and spring quarters"
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 22, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"departure point of next chapter"
Departure from Fort Clatsop — Heading Home
Mar 23, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, Oregon
"winter quarters for 106 days"
John Ordway: March 23, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 23, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, OR — departing
"wintered here Dec 7 1805 to today"
Patrick Gass: March 23, 1806
Patrick Gass · Mar 23, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, OR — departing
"departed at 1 o'clock" — transcribed as fort Clatsop
Clark: March 28, 1806
William Clark · Mar 28, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"reference point for waterfowl observations"
Lewis: March 28, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 28, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"reference point for waterfowl observation"
Lewis: March 30, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 30, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"compared timber to its neighborhood"
Lewis: April 8, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 8, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"where blacktailed deer are found"
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 16, 1806
John Ordway · May 16, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"referenced as a longer-occupied camp"
Lewis: May 21, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 21, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"most comfortable shelter since leaving there"
Lewis: May 28, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 28, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"location where smaller corvus described"
Clark: May 29, 1806
William Clark · May 29, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"location small Corvus described previously"
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"winter camp on Pacific"

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