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The Lewis & Clark Trail

Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean
 

Western Red Cedar, Clark Grove, Lolo Trail, Idaho, September 26, 2002

[View: north.  46º 18’ 03” N - 115º 42’ 39” W]

 

[Clark]                                                                            Tuesday 19th Septr. 1805

. . .  after Brackfast proceed on up the Creek two miles & left it to our right passed

over a mountain, and the heads of branch of hungary Creek, two high mountains,

ridges and through much falling timber (which caused our road of to day to be

double the derect distance on the Course)   Struck a large Creek passing to our

left which I Kept down for 4 miles and left it to our left & passed down the

mountain bad falling timber to a Small Creek passing to our left and Encamped.

I killed 2 Pheasents, but fiew birds. . .  road bad. . .  as we decend the mountain

the heat becomes more proseptable every mile.

 

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