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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark stopped at Fort Kaskaskia in 1803. They recruited members of the expedition and extra hands to help with the boats here.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark recruited three members of their expedition, Joseph Whitehouse, George Drouillard, and John Newman, at Fort Massac in 1803.

Sacagawea is one of the most famous women in American history. She lived at a Hidatsa village near here.

Several members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter at a Clatsop-Nehalem Village near here, boiling ocean water to make salt for the return journey.

In January 1806, a whale washed ashore near NeCus’, a Nehalem village. Everyone in the area was talking about it. William Clark and some of the crew went down to see what the fuss was all about.

Clatsop leader Coboway was friendly and hospitable to the Lewis and Clark Expedition when they camped in Clatsop territory during the winter of 1805–1806.

On November 24, 1805, members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition voted on where to spend the winter. The opinions of Sacagawea (an Indigenous woman) and York (a Black man enslaved by William Clark) were recorded along with those of the other crew members.

Wasco-Wishram people played games and traded with visitors—whose leaders were named Meriwether Lewis and William Clark—when they camped here in 1805 and 1806.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark arrived at the Walla Walla River during the fall salmon run. Indigenous people such as Yelépt graciously hosted them as they passed through.

When Walamottinin (Twisted Hair) and Tetoharsky brought the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the point where the Snake River flowed into the Columbia River, 200 people came down to the confluence to greet them with song.