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Somewhere on Flickr I'm guessing there's a picture of me taking this picture of Mt Jefferson. I'm a little too far away to be her main subject but I don't think there was much to see behind me so not sure what she's after with this one. Let me know if you find the picture out there somewhere. The trail was a new discovery last summer and definitely one that deserves a return trip. Jefferson is Oregon’s second highest peak, but one that is more technical to summit than others so I haven’t made it to the top (yet). It’s volcanic and the most recent eruptions were during the last ice age over 15,000 years ago. It’s also the one peak in the Cascades that was named by the Lewis and Clark expedition back in 1806.
Fort Clatsop was the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River during their second winter of Dec. 7, 1805 - Mar. 23, 1806.
The current replica was built in 2006.
The US Army Corps of Engineers built this earthen dam, visible at center. The building at right is a USACE visitor center that features the river's history before European contact, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the dam's purpose and functions, and an overview of remaining ecosystems -- very much transformed by human-drive water flows and that big body of cold water in the reservoir. You can see a cluster of wayside signs about Lewis and Clark at far left.
The Corps is a partner of the National Park Service here. The NPS managed the Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail that passes here, as well as the Missouri National Recreational River that includes one stretch upstream of the reservoir and a second stretch along a semi-natural stretch downstream.
I'm in Nebraska, looking across the river to South Dakota.
Explored # 180 on June 13, 2021. Thank you, everyone, for the favorites and kind comments! I appreciate them all.
Sacagawea, a Shoshone, and her son Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, members of Lewis and Clark Expedition. William Clark nicknamed the boy Pomp, who was the youngest member of the Expedition, the Corps of Discovery. Pomp's father was French Canadian, Toussaint Charbonneau, who worked as a trapper and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
They were closed up for the winter; many of us have been closed up for the summer. But you can still write!
From the reconstruction of Fort Mandan, a satellite site of the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn, North Dakota.
Ryan Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River, 10 miles (16 km) downstream from the city of Great Falls in the U.S. state of Montana. The dam is 1,336 feet (407 m) long and 61 feet (19 m) high; its reservoir is 7 miles (11 km) long and has a storage capacity of 5,000 acre feet (6,200,000 m3). It is a run-of-river dam. The dam is built on the largest of the five Great Falls of the Missouri, the "Big Falls", also sometimes called "Great Falls". Since 1915, the six-unit powerhouse on the left side of the dam has occupied a significant portion of the 87-foot (27 m) high waterfall. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Dam
Members of the Lewis and Clark expedition walked this area in 1806. They were searching for a beached whale the Chinooks had found. Near Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA.
A memorial for Meriwether Lewis an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator. In the Centre City District in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
He was best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark. Their mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade with, and sovereignty over the natives near the Missouri River, and claim the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Country for the United States before European nations.
They also collected scientific data, and information on indigenous nations. President Thomas Jefferson appointed him Governor of Upper Louisiana in 1806. He died of gunshot wounds in what was either a murder or suicide, in 1809.
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Nestled in the heart of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, the Meriwether Lewis Museum offers a captivating glimpse into the rich tapestry of American exploration and history. Housed in a beautifully preserved historic building, the museum stands as a testament to Lewis’s role in the Corps of Discovery and the pivotal part Harpers Ferry played in early American expansion.
The museum building itself reflects the enduring craftsmanship of early 19th-century architecture, with its striking red brick façade, soft blue shutters, and stone foundation that hint at the town’s industrial and mercantile past. Originally built during the bustling era when Harpers Ferry thrived as a transportation hub, the structure now serves as a gateway for visitors to step back in time and explore the legacy of Meriwether Lewis and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Inside, the exhibits detail Lewis’s journey westward, his preparations at Harpers Ferry, and the broader context of the Corps of Discovery’s groundbreaking exploration of the American frontier. Interpretive panels, artifacts, and photographs enrich the visitor experience, while the museum’s carefully preserved architecture embodies the town’s historical significance.
The Meriwether Lewis Museum is more than a tribute to an intrepid explorer; it’s a window into the ambitions, challenges, and achievements of a young nation. Standing at the intersection of commerce, conflict, and discovery, the museum’s location highlights Harpers Ferry’s central role in America’s story—where rivers met, railroads converged, and history unfolded.
As visitors wander the cobblestone streets of Harpers Ferry and gaze upon the museum’s inviting red brick, they are invited to reflect on the audacity of exploration and the resilience of the American spirit. The Meriwether Lewis Museum is a must-visit destination for history enthusiasts, architecture lovers, and anyone intrigued by the compelling tales of America’s past.
Yep, traveling yet again--this time in Montana. This image is of Beaverhead Rock. When the Lewis & CLark Expedition came by here on August 8th, 1805 Sacagawea recognised this landmark and realized she was near the place her people, the Shoshones, had been when she was kidnapped as a girl.
While I'm away, the images I take will be posted on my 'Travels With Dan' Flickr site here:
William Clark named this geological formation after Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805-66), whom he nicknamed "Pomp." Pomp was the son of Sakagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau, who joined the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery at the Mandan villages in North Dakota (now Knife River Indian Villages NHS).
The lack of apostrophe remembers Clark's criminal inability to spell.
A reconstruction of Lewis and Clark's 1804 winter quarters, vaguely in the neighborhood of the original site. The details of this reconstruction are largely conjectural.
William Clark and Meriweather Lewis saved the best quarters for themselves as leaders of the Corps of Discovery.
Fort Mandan, North Dakota.
In 1806 Sacagawea was a 18 year-old mother with an infant son, Jean Baptiste, nicknamed “Pomp.” Her husband Touissant Charbonneau was hired by Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery to interpret the Hidatsa language. When Lewis and Clark discovered that Sacagawea also spoke multiple languages, including Shoshone, they happily welcomed her along on the journey. In the winter of 1805, Sacagawea gave birth to her son on February 11th and he became the youngest person that went along on the expedition.
Although carrying the infant throughout the entire journey was a huge amount of work, Sacagawea and her baby became a symbol of peace as mothers and children did not travel with war parties. As a result, Native tribes that came in contact with the expedition often approached the group in a friendly manner.
The statue captures the young Lemhi Shoshone mother with her right hand outstretched facing toward the West and her left hand reaching over her shoulder to touch the fingers of young Pomp on her back. There is a beaded bracelet on her right arm, a bead neckless around her neck and tooled leather work on the strap around her neck connected to the Cradleboard on her back. Around her waist is a beaded belt tied with leather straps and another belt attached to the base of the Cradleboard.
EARLY LIFE
Reliable historical information about Sacagawea is very limited. She was born c.1788 into the Agaidika (aka Lemhi Shoshone) tribe near present day Salmon, Lemhi County near the continental divide at the present-day Idaho-Montana border. In 1800, when she was about 12 years old, Sacagawea and several other girls were taken captive by a group of Hidatsa in a raid that resulted in the deaths of several Shoshone. She was held captive at a Hidatsa village near present-day Washburn, North Dakota. At about age 13, she was sold into a non-consensual marriage to Toussaint Charbonneau a Quebecois trapper who about two decades earlier had lived in the Hidatsa village. He had also bought another young Shoshone, known as Otter Woman, for a wife. Charbonneau was variously reported to have purchased both girls from the Hidatsa, or to have won Sacagawea while gambling.
FAMILY REUNION
In April, 1805 the expedition left Fort Mandan and headed up the Missouri River in pirogues. They had to be poled against the current and sometimes pulled by crew along the riverbanks. On May 14, 1805, Sacagawea rescued items that had fallen out of a capsized boat, including the journals and records of Lewis and Clark. The corps commanders, who praised her quick action, named the Sacagawea River in her honor on May 20, 1805. By August 1805, the corps had located a Shoshone tribe and was attempting to trade for horses to cross the Rocky Mountains. They used Sacagawea to interpret and discovered that the tribe's chief, Cameahwait, was her brother.
Lewis recorded their reunion in his journal:
Shortly after Capt. Clark arrived with the Interpreter Charbono, and the Indian woman, who proved to be a sister of the Chief Cameahwait. The meeting of those people was really affecting, particularly between Sah cah-gar-we-ah and an Indian woman, who had been taken prisoner at the same time with her, and who had afterwards escaped and rejoined her nation.
Photographed my favorite statues of Sacagawea and Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman surrounded by Spring color on May 11, 2021. On each visit I admire the details that local artist Heather Söderberg included in these bronze works of art.
The statues are located in the roundabout adjacent to the Visitor's Center at Cascade Locks Marine Park in Cascade Locks, Oregon. This is the place where you can take a sightseeing cruise aboard the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler riverboat and see the historic Cascade Locks and Canal completed in 1896. Within the park, you will find a footbridge over the historic locks and canal to Thunder Island in the Columbia River. The island is open to the public, and provides unique views of the Bridge of the Gods just downriver.
The statues of Sacagawea and Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman have only become more popular and beloved since they were unveiled on April 13, 2011 - a date that marked the 205th Anniversary of Lewis & Clark's return trip through Cascade Locks (April 13th, 1806). Of course in 1806 there were no locks at Cascade Locks. All travel by boat or canoe was blocked by the dangerous Cascade Rapids. River travelers were required to either portage boats and supplies or pull boats up with ropes.
The Lewis and Clark's campsite of April 9, 1806 was just upstream of Tanner Creek, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River behind Bradford Island. Today this is the location of the Bonneville Fish Hatchery and the Bonneville Dam Complex.
You will find more information in the captions of each photograph.
(BTW Söderberg is artist Heather Söderberg's maiden name and in honor of her husband Richard Green they have renamed Söderberg Gallery and Studio to Green Bronze. Visitors welcome,
505 Wanapa St., Cascade Locks, Oregon).
The Theodore Roosevelt Monument & Memorial Hall
New York’s official memorial to its 33rd Governor and the 26th U.S. President
designed by: John Russell Pope, 1936
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American Museum of Natural History
(east facade) AMNH
architects: J. Wrey Mould, J. Cleaveland Cady
architectural styles: Gothic Revival, Victorian Gothic, Beaux-Arts, Richardsonian Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, neo-Romanesque
cornerstone laid, 1874
Upper West Side, Manhattan
Central Park West & 79th Street, New York City
Profile view of Sacagawea and Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman surrounded by Spring color and lush green hills on May 11, 2021.
Following the expedition, Charbonneau and Sacagawea spent 3 years among the Hidatsa before accepting William Clark's invitation to settle in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1809. Sacagawea gave birth to a daughter, Lizette Charbonneau, about 1812. Lizette was identified as a year-old girl in adoption papers in 1813 recognizing William Clark, who also adopted her older brother Jean Baptiste Charbonneau that year. Because Clark's papers make no later mention of Lizette, it is believed that she died in childhood. Historical documents suggest that Sacagawea died in 1812 of an unknown sickness.
As an adult Jean Baptiste Charbonneau was a Native American-French Canadian explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican-American War, mayor of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and a gold digger and hotel operator in Northern California. He died in Danner, Oregon in 1866 on his way to the Montana gold fields.
( More about his life here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Charbonneau ).
Photographed my favorite statues of Sacagawea and Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman surrounded by Spring color on May 11, 2021. On each visit I admire the details that local artist Heather Söderberg included in these bronze works of art.
The statues are located in the roundabout adjacent to the Visitor's Center at Cascade Locks Marine Park in Cascade Locks, Oregon. This is the place where you can take a sightseeing cruise aboard the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler riverboat and see the historic Cascade Locks and Canal completed in 1896. Within the park, you will find a footbridge over the historic locks and canal to Thunder Island in the Columbia River. The island is open to the public, and provides unique views of the Bridge of the Gods just downriver.
The statues of Sacagawea and Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman have only become more popular and beloved since they were unveiled on April 13, 2011 - a date that marked the 205th Anniversary of Lewis & Clark's return trip through Cascade Locks (April 13th, 1806). Of course in 1806 there were no locks at Cascade Locks. All travel by boat or canoe was blocked by the dangerous Cascade Rapids. River travelers were required to either portage boats and supplies or pull boats up with ropes.
The Lewis and Clark's campsite of April 9, 1806 was just upstream of Tanner Creek, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River behind Bradford Island. Today this is the location of the Bonneville Fish Hatchery and the Bonneville Dam Complex.
You will find more information in the captions of each photograph.
(BTW Söderberg is artist Heather Söderberg's maiden name and in honor of her husband Richard Green they have renamed Söderberg Gallery and Studio to Green Bronze. Visitors welcome,
505 Wanapa St., Cascade Locks, Oregon).
Named Pompey's Tower by William Clark, the editor of the expedition's journals, Nicholas Biddle, changed the name to Pompey's Pillar. The name refers to Sacajawea's son whom Clark called Pomp.
architect: Frederick Dunn
art glass: Robert Harmon of Emil Frei Studio
location: 9909 Lewis and Clark Boulevard, Moline Acres, Missouri
date: 1963
At 28 miles, the longest continuous sand beach in the world (if you believe the local visitors' bureau).
The setting for Heather Söderberg's statue of Sacagawea and Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman. The statues are located in the roundabout adjacent to the Visitor's Center at Cascade Locks Marine Park in Cascade Locks, Oregon.
The background is the view to the North: the Columbia River, the shore in Washington State, with Table Mountain on the left and Hamilton Mountain to the right, also in Washington State.
Out of the photo to the left (West) is the historic Cascade Locks and Canal, and Thunder Island. To the right (East) is the Visitor's Center and the landing for the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler riverboat.
Photographed my favorite statues of Sacagawea and Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman surrounded by Spring color on May 11, 2021. On each visit I admire the details that local artist Heather Söderberg included in these bronze works of art.
The statues are located in the roundabout adjacent to the Visitor's Center at Cascade Locks Marine Park in Cascade Locks, Oregon. This is the place where you can take a sightseeing cruise aboard the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler riverboat and see the historic Cascade Locks and Canal completed in 1896. Within the park, you will find a footbridge over the historic locks and canal to Thunder Island in the Columbia River. The island is open to the public, and provides unique views of the Bridge of the Gods just downriver.
The statues of Sacagawea and Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman have only become more popular and beloved since they were unveiled on April 13, 2011 - a date that marked the 205th Anniversary of Lewis & Clark's return trip through Cascade Locks (April 13th, 1806). Of course in 1806 there were no locks at Cascade Locks. All travel by boat or canoe was blocked by the dangerous Cascade Rapids. River travelers were required to either portage boats and supplies or pull boats up with ropes.
The Lewis and Clark's campsite of April 9, 1806 was just upstream of Tanner Creek, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River behind Bradford Island. Today this is the location of the Bonneville Fish Hatchery and the Bonneville Dam Complex.
You will find more information in the captions of each photograph.
(BTW Söderberg is artist Heather Söderberg's maiden name and in honor of her husband Richard Green they have renamed Söderberg Gallery and Studio to Green Bronze. Visitors welcome,
505 Wanapa St., Cascade Locks, Oregon).
Collection Name: RG104 Department of Economic Development Division of Tourism Photograph Collection. Click here to view the collection on Missouri Digital Heritage.
Description: A replica of an early 19th century keel boat called "Discovery" makes its way down a river at sunset. This is the type of boat used by Lewis and Clark on their 1804 journey west, which started on the Missouri River in St. Louis.
Photographer/Studio: unknown
Coverage: United States - Missouri
Date: n.d.
Rights: permission granted
Credit: Courtesy of Missouri State Archives
Image Number: RG104_TourismA_033_045.jpg
Institution: Missouri State Archives
architect: Frederick Dunn
art glass: Robert Harmon of Emil Frei Studio
location: 9909 Lewis and Clark Boulevard, Moline Acres, Missouri
date: 1963
Montana's Missouri Headwaters State Park is where the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers come together to form the headwaters of the mighty Missouri River. It is also where the Lewis and Clark expedition camped in 1805 on their journey across the continent to the Pacific coast.
Today the rivers create great wildlife habitat - those cliffs in the background support nesting peregrine falcons for instance - and great recreation opportunities.
Fort Clatsop in Astoria, Oregon is a wonderfully-recreated replica of Lewis & Clark's winter camp from 1805-06. While at Fort Clatsop the men, (and woman) of the Corps or Discovery lamented the weather, made salt, and hunted for elk with black powder muskets like the one fired by costumed interpreters at the monument today. Here, a young female interpreter readies the musket for firing. With the exception of her modern earplugs and gender, the scene was historically accurate.
architect: Frederick Dunn
art glass: Robert Harmon of Emil Frei Studio
location: 9909 Lewis and Clark Boulevard, Moline Acres, Missouri
date: 1963
A newly edited image of Lewis & Clark. These photographs are from October 2012.
This view of the interior of the east facing facade in the Children's Corner is one of the most whimsical and intricate portions of Robert Harmon's art glass installation. It features panels in a Mondrian-like asymmetrical arrangement including a bison, swimming fish, mountains and perhaps waves in the ocean.
The red line that winds its way through the composition doubles back on itself and reaches dead ends, just as the Corps of Discovery had to tentatively make their way across the continent coming across unforeseen obstacles (like the Rocky Mountains) and strange new creatures (like the American Bison).
I believe this entire section would be lost in the demolition which appears directed toward saving the "Three decorated glass windows [which] pay tribute to the explorers and their guide, Sacagawea." That is a quotation from the Lewis & Clark Branch Library's history (three sentences long) which can be found on this page:
www.slcl.org/content/lewis-clark-branch
Interestingly, a poster featuring County Executive Charlie Dooley is located in the lower right hand corner of this photograph, imploring the children of Moline Acres to "READ!"
Photograph copyright © 2012 Andrew Raimist.