Journal entry · September 14, 1805
Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains — Patrick Gass: September 14, 1805
Patrick Gass · Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): near Powell Ranger Station, ID
out to collect our horses, in order to renew our journey, and
found all but one. Captain Lewis had a meridian latitude that
gave 46° 48 28 8. north latitude. In the bottoms here, there
are a great quantity of cherries. The mountains are not so
high, as at some distance back. At 4 o’clock in the afterncon
the horse was found, and we proceeded on up the creek
nearly a west course, through small bottoms. We went about
6 miles and encamped; when our hunters came in but had
killed nothing. The country is poor and mountainous.
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near Powell Ranger Station, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
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- Colt Killed Creek Campsite (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Historic Landmark · 0.1 mi
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