Which Way Did Lewis & Clark Go?
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Volcanoguy
N 45° 41.615 W 113° 56.982
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History sign at Lost Trail Pass Rest Area.
Waymark Code: WMFGAA
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2012
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One of a group of interpretive signs at Lost Trail Pass Rest Area.
Text of Sign: The Mystery May ever be Solved
Experts disagree o the exact route Lewis and Clark took over this divide. No one knows where they camped on that cold snowy night of September 3, 1805 after struggling up the trackless North Fork of the Salmon River.
Tuesday, 3rd Sept. 1805, . . . went up and down rout rockey mountains all day . . . Some of the horses fell backwards and roled to the bottom . . . Some places oblidged to cut a road for to git along thro thickets . . . Several Small Showers of rain. So we lay down wet hungry and cold came wit much fatigue 11 miles this day. -- John Ordway
Why venture into some of the most rugged country of their journey instead of taking one of the established Indians trails east of here?
Pushed by early fall weather the captains may have not wanted to back track. Was Clark determined to continue in the most direct route? Or did they ignore the advice of the Shoshoni Indians and their guide “Old Toby”? The mystery remains today.
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Sign is located near the summit of Lost Trail Pass along the general route of Lewis and Clark.
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