Journal entry · February 22, 1805
Fort Mandan: February 22, 1805
William Clark
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
Winter continued at Fort Mandan. The captains worked on reports, maps, and specimen collections to send back to President Jefferson when the keelboat returned downstream in spring. Clark refined his maps of the Missouri River based on information from Mandan and Hidatsa informants.
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Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of February 1 to February 28, 1805
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- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.6 mi
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