Journal entry · January 5, 1806
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: January 5, 1806
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, salt works established · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
rel and eat it; made a raft to cross the creek ; but when it was
tried we found it would carry only one person at a time; the
man with me was therefore sent over first, who thought he
could shove the raft across again; but when he attempted, it
only went half way: so that there was one of us on each side
and the raft in the middle. I however, notwithstanding the
cold, stript and swam to the raft, brought it over and then
crossed on it in safety; when we pursued our journey, and in
a short time came to some Indian camps on the seashore.
The rain and wind continued so violent that we agreed to stay
at these camps all night.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of January 1 to January 5, 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
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
Terrain360 · the place today
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters in 360°
10 frames across 0.8 mi of the route around this location
Help improve this record
See something that needs correcting, or know a source we are missing? The archive gets better through its readers.
