Indian Village

Pasco Washington

Snake River with railroad bridge and US HWY 12 bridge behind it.

Above, a model lodge stands in the Sacajawea Interpretive Center. The sign and pole structure, left, are north of the moorage dock on the Snake River side of Sacajawea State Park. In an extensive journal entry [October 17th, 1805] Captain Clark described the local culture including habitations: "The Houses or Lodges of the tribes of the main Columbia river is of large mats made of rushes, Those houses are from 15 to 60 feet in length...Supported by poles on forks in the inner Side...."

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