Journal entry · February 17, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 17, 1806
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
fort and arrived there in the afternoon. We found the sick
men at the fort, and still very bad. One of the men brought
word from the salt works, that they had made about 4 bushels
of salt; and the Commanding Officers thought that would be
sufficient to serve the party, until we should arrive at the
Missouri where there is some deposited.
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Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of February 1 to February 28, 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
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