Journal entry · January 3, 1806
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: January 3, 1806
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, salt works established · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
this morning with one of the men to go to the salt works, to
see what progress those engaged in that business had made;
and why some of them had not returned, as they had been
expected for some time. We proceeded along a dividing
ridge, expecting to pass the heads of some creeks, which inter-
vened. We travelled all day and could see no game; and the
rain still continued. In the evening we arrived at a place
where two of the men had killed an elk some time ago. Here
we struck up a fire, supped upon the marrow bones and
remained all night.
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Fort Clatsop, OR
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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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