Satellite view of the area around this place Nearest 360 · 7.6 mi Satellite · Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics Open the nearest 360° capture Nearest capture 7.6 mi from this spot

Journal entry · July 5, 1806

Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — John Ordway: July 5, 1806

John Ordway · Ross's Hole, Bitterroot Valley, Montana · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

The place today: Ross's Hole, Bitterroot Valley, Montana

and Set out to cross the right [Nez Perce] fork of the river which
we found nearly Swimming. proceed on up the river Some dis-
tance crossd the other fork, the hunters killed a deer and a
Mountain Sheep or big horn animel. about noon we halted in a
bottom to dine. Shannon left his tommahawk back where he
killed the deer & went back for it. we delayed about 3 hours
and proceed on over the hills towards evening we came to the
Smooth plains where we saw the 1st flat heads or Tus e paw last
year as we passd down, we Camped on the branch & plain1 the
hunters killed two deer. Shannon joined us with his tomma-
hawk &C.

Entities mentioned in this entry

People:
Tribes & Nations:
Weapons:

Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.

The NPS atlas for this night

east side of Camp Creek, just south of Sula Ranger Station, Sula, MT

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)

NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp

Nearest 360° view, 4.3 mi ↗ (opens in a new tab)

See this place on the Trail Explorer →

From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror

Nearest 360° imagery: The Lost Trail Terrain360’s closest capture is about 7.6 miles from this entry’s tagged location.
Open the nearest 360° capture ↗

Help improve this record

See something that needs correcting, or know a source we are missing? The archive gets better through its readers.

Send a correction

Our Partners

Follow the research

New findings, additions, and corrections from the archive. One email a month, no noise.