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Why Fort Clapsop?: Station Camp Vote

Interpretation of Clark’s Notations

Clark’s Notation

Interpretation

Cross and examine S cross the Columbia and explore the south side of the estuary for a campsite; however “S” might stand for “Sandy River” (Moulton V.6, 86)
Falls the Great Falls of the Columbia, at the Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon (Moulton V.6, 86)
S.R. “Sandy River,” the Quicksand River, Multnomah County, Oregon (Moulton V.6, 86)
Lookout, up exploring up the Columbia for a site (Moulton V.6, 86)
do ditto, in standard 19th century historic practice (voted the same as person listed above)