Fort Clatsop National Memorial Travel Guide

 fred98115 Says:  The replica fort is not only open to the visitor but it has re-enactors available to walk you through the fort explaining each of the rooms and what the conditions were for the party. We enjoyed the discussion with the guide and later walked on the trail along the riverside.... 

 Segolily Says:  You would think that given the amount of information about Lewis and Clark in the vicinity that it would all become a little repetitious. Some of it was, but amazingly enough each place had just a little bit different focus and we learned at every one. I enjoyed the map... 

 Segolily Says:  One of the "highlights" of the visit to the fort is watching docents load, prime and shoot the muzzle loader, an example of the type of rifle which was used to provide food for the corps. This was fun, and while the safety measures that must be taken detract somewhat from... 

 Segolily Says:  Just outside the fort was an area set aside for the cooking. It was an area almost as large as the fort itself, however its position outside the fort helped prevent fire burning it down. It also kept the messy job of butchering the more than 130 elk and other animals which... 

 Segolily Says:  I had imagined this to be small. But somehow instead it just felt cozy. Maybe because I wasn't holed up here with all the men in the cold and rain for months on end. I felt the design was well thought out and practical. We enjoyed the banter of the two men dressed and... 

 mtncorg Says:  Fort Clatsop used to be a National Memorial, analogous to a National Monument. An upgrade to National Historic Park = National Park means a lot more money to spend. There used to be a little trail that went from the reconstructed fort to the Netul - now Lewis and Clark -... 

 mtncorg Says:  Fort Clatsop is long gone. It was only meant to last the winter. The first reconstruction was built in 1955 but burnt down in 2005 and now the second reconstruction is in place. A hundred days in even the reconstructed fort during a typical Clatsop winter is probably no more... 

 mtncorg Says:  Fort Clatsop is the heart of the Park and the museum here at Fort Clatsop is a good place to start - though the Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center at Cape Disappointment is an even more excellent place to begin your knowledge quest. The basics of the journey, which... 

 Segolily Says:  Lewis recorded in his journal : "Capt Clark set out after an early breakfast with the party in two canoes as had been concerted the last evening; Charbono and his Indian woman were also of the party; the Indian woman was very impotunate to be permited to go, and was... 

 mtncorg Says:  I have to admit that I really didn’t know how Netul Landing fit into the overall Lewis and Clark saga. The Fort Clatsop Historical Society and the National Park Service have elevated Netul Landing to the same scale as other historic sites of the Park - Fort Clatsop, Dismal...