Many of these resources were written by a dedicated group of amateur historians and volunteers known affectionately as the Clarkkies. Visitors to Travelers’ Rest can learn more about the preponderance of evidence that led to the relocation of the National Historic Landmark and the development of Travelers’ Rest State Park.Įxplore the links below to learn more about the individuals, events, items, and context of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Both amateurs and academics, intent on finding the exact location of the Corps of Discovery campsite, contributed to the research that revealed the actual sites of the camp’s fires and latrine. In 1960, the National Park Service named Travelers’ Rest a National Historic Landmark, but placed the site approximately 1.5 miles east of its current location. here we Encamped with a view to remain 2 days in order to rest ourselves and horses and make our final arrangements for Seperation.” Journal of William Clark, June 30, 1806 Side of the Creek a little above its enterance into Clarks river. “a little before Sunset we arrived at our old encampment on the S. The Corps of Discovery returned to this place at the end of June, 1806, to finalize their plans to travel separately through what is now Montana before reuniting on August 12 near Sanish, North Dakota. This was their last stop before beginning their journey across the treacherous Bitterroot Mountains in September 1805. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, Travelers’ Rest is a notable location along the Lewis and Clark Trail for many reasons. Travelers’ Rest State Park is home to the ONLY archaeologically verified campsite of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. it is about 20 yards wide a fine bould clear runing stream…” Journal of Meriwether Lewis, September 9, 1805 side of the river about 5 miles further and encamped on a large creek which falls in on the West as our guide informes that we should leave the river at this place and the weather appearing settled and fair I determined to halt the next day rest our horses and take some scelestial Observations. And a wealth of paintings, photographs, journal sketches, maps, and film images from the PBS documentary lends this historic, nation-redefining milestone a vibrancy and immediacy to which no American will be immune.“we continued our rout down the W. Ambrose, William Least Heat-Moon, and Erica Funkhouser, enlarge upon important threads in Duncan's narrative, demonstrating the continued potency of events that took place almost two centuries ago. An elegant preface by Ken Burns, as well as contributions from Stephen E. Plentiful excerpts from the journals kept by the two captains and four enlisted men convey the raw emotions, turbulent spirits, and constant surprises of the explorers, who each day confronted the unknown with fresh eyes. Their story may have passed into national mythology, but never before has their experience been rendered as vividly, in words and pictures, as in this marvelous homage by Dayton Duncan. Along the way they would face incredible hardship, disappointment, and danger record in their journals hundreds of animals and plants previously unknown to science encounter a dizzying diversity of Indian cultures and, most of all, share in one of America's most enduring adventures. Together they would cross the continent, searching for the fabled Northwest Passage that had been the great dream of explorers since the time of Columbus. The unlikely crew came from every corner of the young nation: soldiers from New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and Kentucky, French Canadian boatmen, several sons of white fathers and Indian mothers, a slave named York, and eventually a Shoshone Indian woman, Sacagawea, who brought along her infant son.
The expedition, led by two remarkable and utterly different commanders-the brilliant but troubled Meriwether Lewis and his trustworthy, gregarious friend William Clark-was to be the United States' first exploration into unknown spaces. In the spring of 1804, at the behest of President oThomas Jefferson, a party of explorers called the Corps of oDiscovery crossed the Mississippi River and started up the Missouri, heading west into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
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The companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full color.
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