THE LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION PRESENTS MOMENTS IN TIME WITH ENTRIES FROM THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK

NOVEMBER 7TH, 1805

GREAT JOY IN CAMP. WE ARE IN VIEW OF THE OCEAN, THIS GREAT PACIFIC OCEAN WHICH WE HAVE BEEN SO LONG ANXIOUS TO SEE.

DECEMBER 1ST THE IMMENSE SEAS AND WAVES WHICH BREAK ON THE ROCKS AND COASTS ROARS LIKE AN IMMENSE FALL IN THE DISTANCE AND THIS ROARING HAS CONTINUED EVER SINCE OUR ARRIVAL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE SEA COAST WHICH HAS BEEN TWENTY-FOUR DAYS SINCE WE ARRIVED IN SIGHT OF THE GREAT WESTERN – FOR I CANNOT SAY PACIFIC – OCEAN AS I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE PACIFIC DAY SINCE MY ARRIVAL IN ITS VICINITY.

– WILLIAM CLARK

MOMENTS IN TIME FROM THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK