• close up view of gate and parade ground of Fort Clatsop

    Lewis and Clark

    National Historical Park OR,WA

Traveling Trunk: Fort Clatsop Explorers

3rd-5th Grade
OR
6th-8th Grade

Fort Clatsop Explorers provides objects and activities about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their winter stay at Fort Clatsop in 1805-06. A few of the objects included are: buckskin clothing, candle mold, flint-n-steel fire starting kit, powder horn, trade items, Jefferson Peace Medal, examples of furs and a housewife (sewing kit). An educators guide contains hands-on activity ideas and descriptions of some of the essential articles carried by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Trunk Reservation Instructions

 
Explorer Trunk
Explorer Trunk
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  • Scientific Discovery Resource Guide Scientific Discovery Resource Guide

    See below for a peek at the Scientific Discovery Resource Guide and ordering information.

Did You Know?

Fort Clatsop

The original Fort Clatsop rotted away by the mid-1800s.  The average annual rainfall in the area is about 70" so untreated, unmaintained wood rots quickly.