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Journal entry · August 13, 1805
Clark: August 13, 1805
William Clark · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore of Beaberhead River, 2 mi SW Dillon, MT
August 13th Tuesday 1805 a verry Cool morning the Thermometer Stood at 52
a 0 all the fore part of the day. Cloudy at 8 oClock a mist of rain we
proceeded on passed inumerable Sholes obliged to haul the boat 3/4 of the
Day over the Shole water. passed the mouth of a bold running Stream 7
yards wide on the Lard Side below a high Point of Limestone rocks on the
Stard Side this Creek heads in the mountains to the easte and forms a
Vallie between two mountains. Call this stream McNeal Creek From the top
of this rock the Point of the Beaver head hill bears N. 24° E 12 ms.
The Course of the Wisdom river isN. 25 W
The gap at the place the river passes thro a mountain in advance isS.
18° W. 10 ms.
proceeded on and Encamped on the Lard side no wood except dry willows and
them Small, one Deer killed to day. The river obliges the men to undergo
great fatigue and labour in hauling the Canoes over the Sholes in the Cold
water naked.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore of Beaberhead River, 2 mi SW Dillon, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Dillon Visitor Information Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.1 mi
- Beaverhead County Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.2 mi
- Clark's Lookout (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 3.0 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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