Journal entry · June 15, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 15, 1805
Patrick Gass · Great Falls of the Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Great Falls Portage
most rapid water, I ever saw any craft taken through. At
noon we stopped at the mouth of a creek on the South side
called Strawberry creek, a handsome rapid stream, but not
large. On a point above, there is a great quantity of straw-
berry, gooseberry and choak-cherry bushes ; and there appears
to be a good deal of small cotton-wood on the banks of this
creek. In the afternoon we passed red bluffs on both sides of
the river, and at night came to a large rapid which we did not
venture to pass so late; and therefore encamped below on the
north side, after going 12 miles.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left (west) shore Missouri River, north of Hower Coulee, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 10.8 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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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Great Falls Portage in 360°
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