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Expedition place · August 1, 1806

Lower Yellowstone River

1 journal entry · Recorded by William Clark

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The journal entries written here

August 1806

Aug 1 Clark: August 1, 1806 William Clark “Sunday 1st of August 1806. We Set out early as usial the wind was high and ahead which caused the water to…”

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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