Nearest 360 · 39 mi
Satellite · Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
Open the nearest 360° capture
Nearest capture 39 mi from this spot
Journal entry · May 19, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse: May 19, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Near Musselshell River, Montana · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Near Musselshell River, Montana
a heavy diew fell last night. a clear pleasant morning. we
Set off as usal and proceeded on passed pitch pine hills on
each Side of the river. about 10 oClock we killed a Small
female brown bear on S.S. we took on board the meat & Skin
and proceeded on. about 1 oC. we halted to dine at a bottom
on the N. Side. Capt Clark killed 3 Deer. about 2 we pro-
ceeded on passed a handsom willow Island near the N.S. of
River. passed pitch pine & ceeder hills as usal, & bottoms
of timber on each Side of the River. we Came about 18
Miles and Camped at a bottom on the N. Side, where Cap!
Lewis killed an Elk & Some of the men killed 3 Deer. Some
of the hunters killed 3 beaver to day.
[ 84 ]
1805] WHITEHOUSE’S JOURNAL
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 4½ mi NE of mouth of Musselshell River, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 16.3 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Artwork
Help improve this record
See something that needs correcting, or know a source we are missing? The archive gets better through its readers.
