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Expedition place · October 16, 1805

Snake River / Columbia River confluence, near Pasco, Washington

2 journal entries · Recorded by John Ordway, Patrick Gass

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Snake River Confluence Upstream · 172 panoramas on this trail Nearest capture is 1.5 mi from the tagged location.

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The journal entries written here

October 1805

Oct 16 John Ordway: October 16, 1805 John Ordway “over the rockey rapids one of the canoes run fast on a rock in a bad rapid and Stayed untill we went…” Oct 16 Patrick Gass: October 16, 1805 Patrick Gass “* Immense numbers of salmon must ascend the western rivers every summer from the Pacific, and constitute a chief article in the…”

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