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Expedition place · July 18, 1806

Canoe camp on the Yellowstone, near present-day Laurel

1 journal entry · Recorded by William Clark

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The journal entries written here

July 1806

Jul 18 Clark: July 18, 1806 William Clark “Friday 18th July 1806 as we were about Setting out this morning two Buffalow Bulls came near our Camp Several of the…”

Nights the Corps camped here

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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