Journal entry · May 25, 1804
John Ordway: May 25, 1804
John Ordway · La Charette, Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, mouth of Charette Creek, MO
wood River on S Side land handsome the Soil Rich &C. high
Banks, encamped at a French village N. S, called S* Johns1 this is
the last Settlement of whites on this River.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, mouth of Charette Creek, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 8.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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La Charette, Missouri in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
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