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Lewis & Clark in ND LbNA #4553

Owner:Silver Eagle Supporter Verified
Plant date:Jun 24, 2003
Location:
City:Williston
County:Williams
State:North Dakota
Boxes:1
Found by: BuncoQueen
Last found:Aug 9, 2010
Status:FFF
Last edited:Jun 24, 2003
*** Part of my Lewis & Clark Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 200 yards RT)
Status: alive


In October, 1804, Lewis and Clark entered the area now known as North Dakota. They traveled upriver past today's towns of Huff, Bismarck and Washburn, where they met the Mandan Indians. They decided to stop here for the winter and on November 3 they began construction of Fort Mandan, near today's Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. The Mandans helped them survive the harsh winter and on April 7, 1805 they again headed upriver. They brought along Touissant Charbonneau, a French fur-trader, as a translator, and his wife Sacagawea and her son "Pomp". Sacagawea would soon prove to be invaluable to the expedition. Soon they passed three Hidatsa communities, which today are preserved at the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. On April 25, they arrived at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers near present-day Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center. This is also near where Lewis & Clark rejoined each other on the return trip in 1806. Featured in the Center is the Lewis and Clark journey, the fur trade era and Fort Buford military post, located nearby at Fort Buford State Historic Site. So enjoy some history while looking for this letterbox.

Directions:
From Williston, go west on Hwy 2 for 5 miles, then turn left (south) on Hwy 1804. Go 14 miles and turn left (east) at the sign for Fort Buford State Historic Site on 153 Ave. Go about .5 mile to the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center.

Clues:
After touring the center, walk out back and find the Lewis & Clark sign describing their arrival at the confluence. From the sign, walk northeast about 50 yards to a small restroom past some picnic tables. Locate a lone tree to the east toward the river and walk to it the best way you can. The box is nestled within the branches of its trunk under a large, flat rock. Please re-cover well.