[Two markers are in the kiosk.]
"his Hat...made with a double Cone"
Chief Sakamokawa, for whom this town was named, lived in a village of the Wahkiakum people near here. Lewis and Clark met the chief while wintering at Fort Clatsop on . . . — — Map (db m308891) HM
"Certain it is they are the best canoe navigators I ever saw." William Clark, November 11, 1805
For centuries, crossing the Columbia River was a major challenge. At the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Corps watched in . . . — — Map (db m308834) HM
Imagine being stuck outside in a driving rain for six days and nights. Corps of Discovery members spent six miserable days beached by a storm in this "dismal nitch" along the Columbia River. Wet, cold, and hungry, they were astonished when five . . . — — Map (db m308833) HM
Journal of William Clark
About 3 o’clock the Wind luled and the river became calm. I had the canoes loaded in great haste and set out from this dismal nitch. There We have been confined for 6 days past.
Three days earlier . . . — — Map (db m308888) HM
Millions of salmon once swam up the Columbia River to spawn every year. Salmon were the staple for the many tribes that lived along its banks. Traders carried fish up and down the river to trade for other goods. Later white settlers joined the . . . — — Map (db m308836) HM
