After waiting for the fog to clear, the expedition heads up the Missouri River. They pass coal banks, crab apple and plum trees, and see numerous deer feeding on willows and other plants. Camp is on an island near present-day Sugar Creek, Missouri.
Stone Coal and Lots of Deer
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Whitetail Buck, Doe, and Fawn
Odocoileus Virginianus
© 2000 W. Steve Sherman, Lone Wolf Photography.
Coal Banks
at 3 miles passed a Coal-mine, or Bank of Stone Coal, on the South Side, this bank appears to Contain great quantity of fine Coal, the river being high prevented our Seeeing that contained in the Cliffs of the best quality
—William Clark
Plums, Raspberries and Crabapples
The Praries Come within a Short distance of the river on each Side which Contains in addition to Plumbs Raspberries & vast quantities of wild apples, great numbs. of Deer are seen feeding on the young willows & earbage in the Banks and on the Sand bars in the river.
—William Clark
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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