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Corps left the Missouri-Marias confluence on June 11th & 12th,
1805. The Captains were fairly certain they had chosen the correct
river, but they needed to find the Great Falls to be sure. Lewis,
with four crew members, hiked on land, staying some distance from
the river to avoid ravines. Clark and the flotilla moved upstream
on the 12th and camped about 5 miles below Fort Benton. The bottom
left and top right images look down stream toward Clark's June 12th
camp. The other two images clearly show why Lewis would stay back
from the river when passing Fort Benton. Next, I backtracked on the
LC Trail driving US HWY 87 east to Loma and Decision Point. |
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