Journal entry · February 19, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 19, 1806
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
myself and Six more of the party Set out eairly to go by land to
the Salt works to bring in the Salt & baggage we proceed on to
the praries crossed the prarie where the land is in ridges like
the waves the frozen rain beat in our faces verry hard, we got
on the coast crossd a river where we waided to our middles and
was glad to git in an old Indian house where we made a fire and
Stayed all night. Sand flew & waves rold
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Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of February 1 to February 28, 1806
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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