Journal entry · May 31, 1805
Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains — Patrick Gass: May 31, 1805
Patrick Gass · Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains
passed through a mountainous country but the game is more
plenty, and we killed some buffaloe in our way. About 11
o’clock it began to rain slowly, and continued raining two
hours, when it cleared up. We passed some very curious
cliffs and rocky peaks, in a long range. Some of them 200
feet high and not more than eight feet thick. They seem as
if built by the hand of man, and are so numerous that they
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 93
appear like the ruins of an ancient city. We went 17 1-2 miles
and encamped at the mouth of a handsome creek on the
North side.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
The NPS atlas for this night
left shore at mouth Eagle Creek, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 17.4 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
Terrain360 · the place today
Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
Help improve this record
See something that needs correcting, or know a source we are missing? The archive gets better through its readers.
