Journal entry · December 10, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 10, 1805
John Ordway · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Clatsop, OR
hands wen[t] at clearing away the ground for the huts, rained
hard the most of the day, towards evening Cap* Clark and 3 of
his party returned from the ocean and informed us that it was
about 7 miles to the ocean the way they blazed a road, they was
at a Small village of the Clatsop nation of Indians on the coast,
they treated them in a friendly manner, considerable of prarie
land on the Coast &C. Some low marshes also.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 10 to December 14, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.1 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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Fort Clatsop, winter quarters in 360°
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