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Lewis and Clark - An excavation turns up no physical evidence of the explorers' stay |
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Written by Xiuhcoatl
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Nov 24, 2005 at 02:15 PM |
Closest look yet at Fort Clatsop leaves mystery
Lewis and Clark - An excavation turns up no physical evidence of the explorers' stay
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
RICHARD L. HILL
A 200-year-old mystery remains unsolved.
A three-week archaeological excavation at Fort Clatsop near Astoria
ends today with no physical evidence that Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark spent 106 dreary days there in 1805-06. Despite decades of
searching, the precise fort site is uncertain.
"The search continues," said Doug Wilson, an archaeologist with the
National Park Service who led the most complete excavation of the site
where a 50-year-old fort replica stood until a fire Oct. 3.
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