Journal entry · May 20, 1804
Patrick Gass: May 20, 1804
Patrick Gass · St. Charles, Missouri
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, St. Charles, MO
Sunday 20th. Captain Lewis arrived from St. Louis, and joined us at St. Charles.
Source: Patrick Gass, A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery (Pittsburgh, 1807; 1811 reprint). Public domain. McKeehan’s published prose, not Gass’s lost original notebook.
The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, St. Charles, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of May 16 to May 20, 1804
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- St. Charles Historic District (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.6 mi
- Lewis and Clark Boathouse and Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.6 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Terrain360 · the place today
St. Charles, Missouri in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
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