Journal entry · December 23, 1805

Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 23, 1805

John Ordway · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters

than common this day.

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Fort Clatsop, OR

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