Journal entry · March 8, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 8, 1806
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Clatsop, OR
night and continues this morning four others of the hunters
came in. one of them had killed 2 Elk the others killed nothing
but 1 deer and had lost the canoe which they took with them. Six
men set out by water after the meat of one Elk. Drewyer & J°
Fields went out a hunting, the day cold and Showery, in the
evening the men returned to the fort with the meat of the Elk.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of March 1 to March 22, 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
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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