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Lewis & Clark Encampment - Fort Clatsop
2008.09.06
This man taught us about quill writing and told us some cool facts about the travels of Lewis
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This man taught us about quill writing and told us some cool facts about the travels of Lewis
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You can see the extra quills. We got to practice writing after his lesson was over.
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You can see the extra quills. We got to practice writing after his lesson was over.
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Reilley was first up to try his hand at quill writing.
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Reilley was first up to try his hand at quill writing.
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We wrote his name over and over on his sheet. Practicing his autograph!
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We wrote his name over and over on his sheet. Practicing his autograph!
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Connor's turn...
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Connor's turn...
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The orginial replica burnt down. These buildings were rebuilt in 1995.
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The orginial replica burnt down. These buildings were rebuilt in 1995.
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The blade wasn't in this machine, but its used for stripping the bark off logs.
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The blade wasn't in this machine, but its used for stripping the bark off logs.
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The inside of one of the kitchen room.
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The inside of one of the kitchen room.
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Connor thought this building looked like a phone booth. Went with our weekend...he was on his cellphone nonstop...with girls!
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Connor thought this building looked like a phone booth. Went with our weekend...he was on his cellphone nonstop...with girls!
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I wonder what Lewis and Clark thought of slugs? This banana slug is having a feast on a piece of mushroom.
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I wonder what Lewis and Clark thought of slugs? This banana slug is having a feast on a piece of mushroom.
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The view from where they kept the canoes.
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The view from where they kept the canoes.
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This is a bronze statue they have in the interpretive center.
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This is a bronze statue they have in the interpretive center.
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This was a really weird bird we saw. Its body looked like a pigeon, but its head was sorta vulture like.
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This was a really weird bird we saw. Its body looked like a pigeon, but its head was sorta vulture like.
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“Ocian in view! O! the joy.”
When Capt. William Clark wrote these words in his journal on November 7, 1805, he was not standing at the Pacific Ocean but the Columbia River estuary. It would be another couple of weeks before he and Capt. Meriwether Lewis would stand at what they had “been so long anxious to see.” By then they had traveled more than 4,000 miles across the North American continent with a contingent of 31 explorers, mostly U.S. Army enlisted men, known as the Corps of Discovery.
The expedition was President Thomas Jefferson’s idea. He had for years been fascinated by the vast and virtually unknown territory west of the Mississippi River, and in June 1803 he announced plans to send an exploratory party overland to the Pacific. He had chosen Lewis to head it, and Lewis selected Clark, his friend and former commanding officer to share the responsibilities. They were to explore the Missouri River to its source, then establish the most direct water route to the Pacific, making scientific and geographic observations along the way. They were also to learn what they could of Indian tribes they encountered and impress them with the technology and authority of the United States.
Fort Clatsop was the winter encampment for the Corps of Discovery from December 1805 to March 1806.
