Journal entry · December 12, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: December 12, 1804
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
the Guard chimney where their was a fire kept all last night.
it is Several degrees colder this morning than it has been before,
so that we did nothing but git wood for our fires, our Rooms are
verry close and warm So we can keep ourselves warm and com-
fortable, but the Sentinel who Stood out in the open weather
had to be relieved every hour all this day.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 1 to December 31, 1804
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.3 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Terrain360 · the place today
Fort Mandan (winter) in 360°
10 frames across 1.8 mi of the route around this location
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