Snowy Range Pass

Snowy Range Pass

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Returning to Lewis and Clark

We are currently housebound with the (for Florida) bitterly cold weather and now seems like a good time to return to our summer travels on the Lewis and Clark trail


1 June 2017

Today we traveled from the Lewis and Clark State Park, ND to Fort Peck, MT and the ACOE park at the Fort Peck dam.

 Before leaving the Epping area, we visited the LC interpretive center along the Missouri river where it meets the Yellowstone River. This was an important area for the native tribes for hunting.  Lewis and Clark passed thru here and remarked on its lush bounty of game animals.







Then we visited the nearby Army Fort Buford, where Crazy Horse surrendered to the US Army.  It is not much to look at, but it played an important role in the westward movement.  What is most noted for and why I wanted to visit was this is where the great native Chief Sitting Bull surrendered to the US Military.  It was not yet open, so we just had a look around by ourselves.







Then we visited the nearby Fort Union Trading Post where we learned a great deal about the trade with the native tribes from a very knowledgeable guide.  The history of the busy trading between the western tribes and the Europeans is an amazing story in itself. 




























4 comments:

Erin said...

Cold weather is good for catch-ups. I’m doing the same with some chores now in Houston waiting for the forecasted warm up.

Paul and Marti Dahl said...

Hope those nice "summery" pictures warmed you up during this cold snap! :cD

Sherry said...

We're all rather side lined by this unexpectedly cold weather. The Lewis and Clark voyage was a difficult journey for sure. It must be very interesting to stop at all the locations and imagine how very different they were back then. It's sad that the result of their efforts was such devastation to the Native Tribes.

Nickie and Jim said...

We visited T. Roosevelt St Pk in N Dak and thereby missed seeing L & C St Pk.
Just have to go back ....