He’s mentioned throughout the journals yet remained William Clark’s slave even after the journey. He was likely the first African American to set foot locally, perhaps even near the present ...
Over two years, a man named York trekked some 8,000 miles from St. Louis to the Pacific Northwest and back, hunting, tracking, foraging and, at least once, voting as a Black man held in bondage by ...
When the Corps of Discovery arrived at Fort Clatsop, they were desperate for a way to preserve their food. Men were sent to the beach to extract salt from seawater.
Hayden Island has borne several names. For four decades, it was best known for the Jantzen Beach amusement park. Today, a spread-out shopping center and residential neighborhood inhabit the same sandy ...
William Clark, and the 30 men of the Corps of Discovery would have recognized in their journey to explore the uncharted west. “I count it a privilege to call it my place where I’m working at ...