Fort Clatsop, Astoria, OR The salt makers leave for the beach to build the salt works. Others hunt or work on the fort’s pickets and gates.
York Unwell[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
Back Wall and Gate
Fort Clatsop Reconstruction
© 17 December 2010 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Taken with cooperation from Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Fort Clatsop.
Salt Makers Leave
Sent out the hunters and Salt makers, & employed the baleanc of the men Carrying the Pickets &c. &c.
—William Clark
York Unwell
my boy york verry unwell from violent Colds & Strains Carrying in meet and lifting logs on the huts to build them
—William Clark
News of a Beached Whale
the Savages Stayed at the fort all last night and informed us that a verry large fish was drove to Shore on the coast and that their women wer packing the oil and meat. our offi Capt. Lewis and three men got ready to go with a canoe to See the whail as we expect it is
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather 28th S E rain rained moderately last night and to day
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.
Fort Clatsop is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site is managed by the Lewis and Clark National and State Historic Parks.
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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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations. |
