Journal entry · July 12, 1806
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — Patrick Gass: July 12, 1806
Patrick Gass · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Great Falls Portage
collect our horses and found that ten of them were missing.
I then set out to look for them, went seven miles up Medicine
river, where I found three of them and returned to camp.
Two more went to hunt for them, and the rest of us crossed
the river in our new craft which we find answer the purpose
very well. At night one of the men returned without finding
the lost horses.
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The NPS atlas for this night
east side of Missouri River 1 mil north of White Bear Islands Camp, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Great Falls Upper Portage (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Historic Landmark · 1.9 mi
- C.M. Russell Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.4 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
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