"the road leaves the creek"
You can see where two timeworn trails once intersected here. The trail descending the hillside (Photo B) crossed the Patáha Creek valley trail, and then continued up the hill to the northeast (across . . . — — Map (db m159254) HM
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Roster of Deceased Comrades
Collins, Michael • Garrett, David - Co. E, 134 Ill. In. • Hand, Cyrenus - Co. C, 47 Ill. In. • Ryan, Thomas - Co. I.N.Y.H.A. • Spedden, Col. R.R. - 40 Mo. • Conwell, . . . — — Map (db m197093) WM
Early in May, 1806, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with a 30-man party and 23 pack horses passed eastward through this roadless area after wintering near the ocean at the western terminus - Fort Clatsop. They were short of food, horses . . . — — Map (db m159255) HM
"great quantities of the qualmish"
After breaking camp on May 4, 1806, a cold and disagreeable morning, the Lewis and Clark Expedition crossed 'Alpáha (Alpowa) Summit, just north of here. The explorers noticed the rich soil of . . . — — Map (db m159274) HM
On May 3, 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped at a grove of cottonwoods approximately 100 yards south of here after a "disagreeable journey of 28 miles" up Pataha Creek. Supper that night consisted of scant rations of dried meat and dog. A . . . — — Map (db m312243) HM
