Category:Fort Clatsop
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 Corps built the original fort between 7 Dec 1805 and 30 Dec 1805 according to a plan that Clark had drawn on the back of his elk skin covered journal. They named the fort after a neighboring tribe of friendly Indians. The party left Fort Clatsop on 23 Mar 1806 and began the journey back east.
The fort was reconstructed in 1955 on the original site and became Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park in 1958. In 1963 a visitor center was added and the park became a part of the Lewis & Clark National Historical Park in 2004.
On 4 Oct 2005 the replica of the fort was destroyed by fire.
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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