Lewis and Clark built fort(s) for security and to store their supplies.
Lewis and Clark built fort(s) for security and to store their supplies.
Fort Mandan
because the tribes needed a special meeting place
Fort Mandan
Fort Clatsop
Fort Clasop
In Camp Wood, Fort Catosp and Fort Mandan were some tribes Lewis and Clark stayed with for the winter?
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
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.
fort clasop and fort mandan
Fort clatsop