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English: Lewis and Clark's salt cairn, Seaside, Oregon, circa 1914   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Arthur Prentiss
Title
English: Lewis and Clark's salt cairn, Seaside, Oregon, circa 1914
Description
English:

The Salt Cairn is located 15 miles south of Fort Clatsop. 

Caption on image: Lewis & Clark - Salt Cairn, Seaside, Ore. 8910; Prentiss.
Filed in: Oregon--Cities--Seaside.

At the end of 1805, the Corps of Discovery built a furnace from rock, which boiled five kettles of oceanwater 24 hours a day for almost two months. This effort resulted in 28 gallons of salt, useful for seasoning and preserving meat on the return journey.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Cairns--Oregon--Seaside; Monuments & memorials--Oregon--Seaside; Historic sites--Oregon--Seaside
  • Subjects (LCSH): Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806); Seaside (Or.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Depicted place Seaside, Oregon
Date circa 1914
date QS:P571,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 5.5 in (13.9 cm); width: 3.5 in (88.9 mm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,3.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
1713
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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AWC2629

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