Lewis and Clark built fort(s) for security and to store their supplies.
because the tribes needed a special meeting place
Because of the bad long winter. They had to take shelter or else they would have died from the cold if they had traveled back.
Lewis and Clark stayed at Fort Mandan for a little over 5 months. The fort was built along the Missouri River, and was constructed from cottonwood lumber.
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Lewis and Clark built fort(s) for security and to store their supplies.
Fort Mandan
because the tribes needed a special meeting place
Lewis and Clark named their fort Fort Mandan after the Mandan Native American tribe that inhabited the region where the fort was located along the Missouri River in present-day North Dakota.
Fort Clatsop
Fort Mandan
Fort Clasop
In Camp Wood, Fort Catosp and Fort Mandan were some tribes Lewis and Clark stayed with for the winter?
Fort Clatsop
Lewis and Clark's party, consisting of around 33 men, started constructing Fort Clatsop on December 10, 1805. It took them about three weeks to complete the construction, and the fort was completed by December 25, 1805.
Fort clatsop
Fort Mandan