Journal entry · December 16, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 16, 1805
John Ordway · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
we Suffered with wet & cold all last night, and could not make
fire for everry thing we had was wet. we soon found ourselves
this morning and went to Camp put the meat on board the
canoes and the loads the men brought in this morning, and all
except 5 or 6 went down to Camp or fort hard rain and high
wind.2 those men who Stayed in the woods went after the rest
of the meat, we put the meat in in house.
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Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 16 to December 31, 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
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