Journal entry · December 28, 1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: December 28, 1805
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, salt works established · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Clatsop, OR
last night and informed us that a verry large fish was drove to
Shore on the coast and that their women wer packing the oil and
meat, our offi-Cap* Lewis and three men got ready to go with
a canoe to See the whail as we expect it is, but the wind and
Storm arose So high that they could not go five men Set out
by land with kittles to go over to the Sea coast to form a Camp
and make Some Salt, three men went across the River a hunt-
ing in the evening 2 hunters returned had killd one Deer.
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The NPS atlas for this night
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
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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