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This map outside the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park visitor center points visitors to the various historical landmarks within the park, including the reconstructed Fort Clatsop. The federal park began as Fort Clatsop National Memorial which was established on May 29, 1958.
Reed, Henry, History of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (Unpublished, available at the OHS under the Call Number of Mss 383B) Reed, Henry E. (April 1904). "The Great West and the Two Easts". North American Review. 178. Young, Frederic George (1903). "The Lewis and Clark Centennial: The Occasion and Its Observance" . Oregon Historical ...
Fort Clatsop was the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River during the winter of 1805–1806. Located along the Lewis and Clark River at the north end of the Clatsop Plains approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Astoria, the fort was the last encampment of the Corps of Discovery, before embarking on their return trip east to ...
The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is a route across the United States commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to 1806. It is part of the National Trails System of the United States. It extends for some 4,900 miles (7,900 km) from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon.
The memorial was commissioned around 1902 by the Lewis & Clark Exposition Commission for approximately $10,500 as a "gift of the people of Oregon in memory" of the duo. President Theodore Roosevelt laid the first cornerstone on May 21, 1903, and the piece was completed and dedicated in 1908.
The museum contains over 85,000 artifacts relating to the history of the region in its collections. [3] Artifacts include the famous Portland Penny used to decide the name of the city, [2] Captain Robert Gray's storage chest from aboard the Columbia Rediviva, a 10,000-year-old sandal, memorabilia from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Native American artifacts, a miniature vehicle ...
Buchi noted that the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls is only one of 212 different historic sites along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, which stretches across 16 ...
Located in the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinic, history of Camp White, an Army training base in WWII [11] Canby Depot Museum: Canby: Clackamas Portland Metro Railroad / History - Local Area history and railroad history, located in a former train depot, operated by the Canby Historical Society Cannon Beach History Center & Museum