In the area of Jefferson City, Missouri, what Clark calls a “nightingale” sings all during the night. Moving up the river, the barge (keelboat) catches a rope on a tree and breaks a mast. On the shore, Clark ascends a high hill—now called Sugar Loaf Rock—in search of lead ore, and the captains mark several trees with their names.
A Broken Mast
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Sugar Loaf Rock
Photo by the U.S. National Park Service.
A Broken Mast
our mast broke by my Stearing the Boat near the Shore the Rope or Stay to the mast got fast in a limb of a Secamore tree & it broke verry Easy.
—John Ordway
Sugar Loaf Rock
I assended a hill of about 170 foot on the top of which is a Moun and about 100 acres of Land of Dead timber . . . . on this hill the french report that Lead ore has been found, I saw no mineral of that description, Capt Lewis Camped imediately under this hill
—William Clark
Mysterious Nightingale
passed a Small Creek at 1 ms. 15 yd. Wide which we named Nightingale Creek from a Bird of that discription which Sang for us all last night, and is the first of the Kind I ever heard.
—William Clark
Branding Trees
Captains Lewis & Clark had several Trees branded, with their Names
—Joseph Whitehouse
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Sugar Loaf Rock is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Today, it is difficult to view the landmark, and public access is restricted.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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