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July 24, 1901 Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport Iowa
Big Ranch Days Are Over.
Assistant General Passenger Agent of Northern Pacific Says So.
(I didn't copy the whole article, only the part that pertained to Fort Clatsop)
"...I followed over their trail to Gate of the Mountains, the great canyon in Montana, and on to the Pacific coast to Fort Clatsop, where they spent the second winter. They ran out of salt on the trip and sent five men of the party to the coast to boil sea water to procure a new supply. This they did, and one of these men was William Bratton, father of Mrs. Stephen Field, of Northboro, Io.., who was present in Sioux City Thursday at the dedication."

July 12, 1911 Coshocton Morning Tribune, Coshocton, Ohio
Where Rolls the Oregon
(I only copied the part about the Fort)
It was in 1805 that travel-stained and weary Lewis and Clark, those doughty soldiers, reached the mouth of the Columbia after traveling 4,000 miles from their starting point. They had crossed the Rockies and traveled along the Missouri. After reaching the Columbia, they passed the winter in the camp on the Oregon side at a place they called Fort Clatsop after a neighboring tribe of Indians.

September 7, 1939 Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio
Life-Saving Flag
Stricken by famine at Fort Clatsop, Idaho (sic), 1806, members of Lewis & Clark expedition made an American flag into five garments with which they bought food from the Indians, thereby saving their lives.

August 23, 1955 Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
OREGON NOTES ANNIVERSARY
Fort Replica Of Lewis and Clark Wintering Point is Dedicated
Astoria, Ore. (AP)-
     A replica of Fort Clatsop, where the Lewis and Clark expedition spent the winter of 1805, was dedicated here Sunday.
     Highlight of the celebration was the arrival of 27 Pacific Northwest explorer scouts who retraced by canoes 80 of the last 200 miles of the Columbia River route where the explorers traveled 150 years ago.
     This was the last lap of a trip begun early in the spring at St. Louis by relay teams of scouts, each group covering a short distance on the explorers tail.
     Descendents of the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark families, as well as Lydia Large of Wyoming, a great-great-granddaughter of Sacajawea, the Shoshone Indian girl who accompanied the expedition, were here for the ceremony.

November 5,9,14 & Dec. 18-19 1956 Bennington Evening Banner, Bennington, Vermont
The winter quarters of Lewis and Clark in 1805-06, Fort Clatsop, Oregon has been restored to its original site and scale.

June 4, 1964 Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio
National monuments bring American history to life.
The Fort Clatsop National Memorial in Astoria, Ore., is a memorial to the 1805-06 winter encampment of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It was named after the friendly Clatsop Indian tribe by Capt. Meriwether Lewis.

October 15, 1976 Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio
Give it to the Indians
The first United States fort in the far west was Fort Clatsop in Oregon. The only shooting at the fort was in celebration of holidays and the killing of game. Indians were welcomed into the fort. The Americans would have died without food received from the Indians in trade. The fort was eventually closed and given to the Indians.

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