The interpretive sign is at the Altoona turnout . The Corps had managed to find a spring on the north shore, of the Columbia, opposite Pillar Rock. The fresh water source made the spot a desirable campsite even on rough terrain. Clark: " we...found a place Clear of the tide and Sufficiently large to lie on and the only place we could get was on round Stones on which we lay our mats[;] rain Continued." The kids' journal assignment, above.
Lewis & Clark Trail
Altoona Washington
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