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

JUNE 27TH, 1806 FROM THIS PLACE WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE VIEW OF THESE STUPENDOUS MOUNTAINS PRINCIPALLY COVERED WITH SNOW LIKE THAT ON WHICH WE STOOD.

WE WERE ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY THOSE MOUNTAINS FOR WHICH TO ONE UNACQUAINTED WITH THEM IT WOULD HAVE SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE EVER TO HAVE ESCAPED.

IN SHORT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR GUIDES I DOUBT MUCH WHETHER WE WHO HAD ONCE PASSED THEM COULD EVER HAVE FOUND OUR WAY TO TRAVELER’S REST IN THEIR PRESENT SITUATION FOR THE MARKED TREES ON WHICH WE HAD PLACED CONSIDERABLE RELIANCE ARE MUCH FEWER AND MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND THAN WE HAD APPREHENDED.

THESE FELLOWS ARE MOST ADMIRABLE PILOTS. WE FIND THE ROAD WHEREVER THE SNOW HAS DISAPPEARED THOUGH IT BE ONLY FOR A FEW HUNDRED PACES – MERIWETHER LEWIS

MOMENTS IN TIME FROM THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK