Patrick Gass: September 23, 1806
Tuesday 23rd. It was a fine day. At day light we continued our voyage; passed the mouth of Mine river. Saw several turkeys on the shores, but did not delay a moment to hunt, being so anxious to reach St. Louis, where, without any important occurrence, we arrived on the 23rd and were received with great kindness and marks of friendship by the inhabitants, after an absence of two years, four months and ten days.
Source: Patrick Gass, A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery (Pittsburgh, 1807). Public domain. McKeehan’s published prose, not Gass’s lost original notebook. The 1807 book ends on this day; Gass published no October–December 1806 daily journal.
The NPS atlas for this night
Gateway Arch St. Louis, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Gateway Arch National Park (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Historic Landmark · 0.0 mi
- Cahokia Courthouse (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 3.7 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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