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== History | == History == | ||
Established on 10 Jul 1805 by Captain [[William Clark]] as a canoe construction camp. Captain Clark went by land with ten men to a site with sufficient wood to make two Canoes. A second party under Sergeant Ordway proceeded by water with four Canoes and eight men to the same site. | Established on 10 Jul 1805 by Captain [[William Clark]] as a canoe construction camp. Captain Clark went by land with ten men to a site with sufficient wood to make two Canoes. A second party under Sergeant Ordway proceeded by water with four Canoes and eight men to the same site. | ||
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HistoryEstablished on 10 Jul 1805 by Captain William Clark as a canoe construction camp. Captain Clark went by land with ten men to a site with sufficient wood to make two Canoes. A second party under Sergeant Ordway proceeded by water with four Canoes and eight men to the same site. On 15 Jul 1805 the expedition left the camp about 10 am, now with now eight canoes, all heavily ladened. Captain Lewis, Captain Clark and two of the men walked along the shore to hunt and lighten the load. Along the way they discovered a wide river intersecting the Missouri River and named it the Smith River after Mr. Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy. Current StatusNo visible remains and the exact site is uncertain.
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