This monthly Sunday forum is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the park. These programs are held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor center and are free of charge.
For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471 or check out www.nps.gov/lewi or Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on Facebook.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop, is pleased to announce the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. On November 20, Rex Ziak will present “No account of Capt. Lewis…I fear Some accident has taken place,” the Untold (& unknown) Dramatic Story of Lewis and Clark’s Search for a Winter Campsite near the Pacific.

Lewis and Clark’s arrival at Fort Clatsop contains one of the last remaining mysteries of their entire expedition. The events are so confusing that Lewis and Clark authors, from Bernard DeVoto to Stephen Ambrose, skipped over this history in their writings.   What is known for sure is this: on November 27, 1805 the Corps of Discovery paddled around the tip of Tongue Point and become stranded there. Ten days later, on December 7th, they arrived at the site of Fort Clatsop. These mysterious days will be the topic of this presentation.