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Journal entry · July 18, 1804
Missouri River near Platte River mouth — Patrick Gass: July 18, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near the Nishnabotna River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near the Nishnabotna River
voyage with a fair wind and pleasant weather. This is the
most open country I ever beheld, almost one continued prairie.
Two of our hunters went by land with the horses as usual.
14 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
On the south side we passed high handsome banks or bluffs
of red and blue strata;* found some iron ore here, and en-
camped on the south side, where one of the hunters brought
us two deer.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 2½ mi S of Payne, IA, in KA (location uncertain, per NPS)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 16.4 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.2 mi
- Southern Loess Hills Interpretive and Welcome Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.3 mi
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