Journal entry · April 27, 1805
Yellowstone-Missouri confluence — John Ordway: April 27, 1805
John Ordway · Yellowstone-Missouri confluence · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Yellowstone-Missouri confluence
aranged our loading in the perogues and Set off about 9 o. Clock,
proceeded on passed a beautiful level plain which lay between
the River Missourie & River Roshjone, about 12 oC. the wind
rose So high from the N. W. and the Sand flew so thick from the
sand bars that we halted about 1 oClock, to wait untill the wind
abates, at a bottom of large scatering timber on the N. S. about
4 oClock the wind abated So that we proceeded on till dusk, and
Camped at a bottom covered with Small timber on the N. S.1
came only about 10 miles to day. the current Swift.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, 1 mi west of ND-MT border, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 10.2 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.7 mi
- Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.3 mi
- Yellowstone River Confluence (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 3.9 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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