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The fort was reconstructed in 1955 on the original site and is now Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park soon to be integrated into the Lewis & Clark National Historical Park. | The fort was reconstructed in 1955 on the original site and is now Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park soon to be integrated into the Lewis & Clark National Historical Park. | ||
"WARRENTON, Ore. Oct 4, 2005 — A 50-year-old replica of the fort where the Lewis and Clark expedition spent the soggy winter of 1805-1806 was destroyed by fire, authorities said Tuesday. | |||
Volunteer firefighters worked for hours to try to save Fort Clatsop at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Park after the fire broke out Monday night, park superintendent Chip Jenkins said. But "half of the fort was burned up, and the other half is essentially a loss," he said. | |||
A cause for the fire has not yet been determined, but Jenkins said there was no electricity or gas source in the fort. | |||
"It is essentially a log shell," he said. Fire investigators began looking for the cause of the blaze on Tuesday morning." | |||
[[Image:Fort-Clatsop-Inside.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fort Clatsop Inside]] | [[Image:Fort-Clatsop-Inside.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fort Clatsop Inside]] | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 4 October 2005
Fort Clatsop (1805-1806) - This fort was the first military establishment to be built in Oregon. It served Lewis and Clark and the 33-member Corps of Discovery as winter quarters in 1805-06 as seven cabins surrounded by a 50 ft square stockade . The party left the fort on 23 Mar 1806.
The fort was reconstructed in 1955 on the original site and is now Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park soon to be integrated into the Lewis & Clark National Historical Park.
"WARRENTON, Ore. Oct 4, 2005 — A 50-year-old replica of the fort where the Lewis and Clark expedition spent the soggy winter of 1805-1806 was destroyed by fire, authorities said Tuesday.
Volunteer firefighters worked for hours to try to save Fort Clatsop at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Park after the fire broke out Monday night, park superintendent Chip Jenkins said. But "half of the fort was burned up, and the other half is essentially a loss," he said.
A cause for the fire has not yet been determined, but Jenkins said there was no electricity or gas source in the fort.
"It is essentially a log shell," he said. Fire investigators began looking for the cause of the blaze on Tuesday morning."
Location: Located three-fourths of a mile south of the Oregon Coast Highway, just west of the Lewis and Clark River in Clatsop County, Oregon.
Maps & Images
Lat: 46.13389 Long: -123.87611
Source: Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
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Pages in category "Fort Clatsop"
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