Fort Clatsop
frontier fort, Oregon, United States
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Fort Clatsop, detail from Lewis and Clark Expedition map by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, 1804–06.
Fort Clatsop was a frontier fort in Oregon, United States, near the mouth of the Columbia River. It served as the winter encampment for the Lewis and Clark Expedition from 1805 to 1806. The fort was reconstructed and is now a national memorial. The Lewis and Clark Expedition, commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest, documenting new plants and animals and establishing diplomatic contact with Native American tribes.12
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