Journal entry · June 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: June 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Great Falls, Montana · Thwaites Vol. 2, pp. 147-151
The place today: Great Falls, Montana
I proceded on this course about two miles with Goodrich at some distance behind me whin my ears were saluted with the agreeable sound of a fall of water and advancing a little further I saw the spray arrise above the plain like a collumn of smoke which would frequently dispear again in an instant caused I presume by the wind which blew pretty hard from the S.W. I did not however loose my direction to this point which soon began to make a roaring too tremendious to be mistaken for any cause short of the great falls of the Missouri. here I arrived about 12 OClock having traveled by estimate about 15 Miles. I hurryed down the hill which was about 200 feet high and difficult of access, to gaze on this sublimely grand specticle. I took my position on the top of some rocks about 20 feet high opposite the center of the falls.
Source: Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1904–05). Public domain.
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at Big (Great) Falls, below falls on NW side of the river, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 13 to June 15, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Great Falls Lower Portage (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Historic Landmark · 3.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 4.7 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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