Journal entry · May 21, 1804
Patrick Gass: May 21, 1804
Patrick Gass · St. Charles, Missouri
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): island left side 2 MI SW of St. Charles, MO
Monday 21st. We left St. Charles in the afternoon, and proceeded up the Missouri. In the evening we encamped on an island.
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
island left side 2 MI SW of St. Charles, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 3.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark Boathouse and Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.7 mi
- St. Charles Historic District (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 2.7 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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