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Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition made salt in Seaside in the winter of 1806.
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Relive how Lewis & Clark
made sea salt in Seaside
SEASIDE — A special living
history program, Commenced
Making Salt, focusing on the
Lewis and Clark Expedition’s
salt-making activities, will
take place for ¿ve hours on
Saturday, Aug. 15.
Visitors will meet National
Park Rangers in period cos-
tume making salt from sea-
water and discussing details
of the expedition. This event
is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
the beach at the west end of
Avenue U. (From U.S. High-
way 101, take Avenue U to
the beach. From the Prome-
nade in Seaside, walk south
to where Avenue U meets the
beach.)
One of the reasons the
Corps of Discovery wintered
near the Paci¿c Ocean was
that it was running out of salt
for preserving and Àavoring
meat. The expedition’s cap-
tains were hoping for “a con-
venient Situation to the Sea
Coast where we Could make
Salt,” according to William
Clark’s Nov. 24, 1805 journal.
In January 1806, after the
Corps settled into its Fort
Clatsop winter camp, a de-
tachment traveled to the fu-
ture site of Seaside to set up a
salt-making camp next to the
ocean. This camp operated for
seven weeks and produced
about four bushels of salt for
their winter and return trip to
the United States.
The actual location of the
expedition’s Salt Works can
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Submitted photo by Al LePage
Saltmakers heat saltwater over a fire in
this historical re-enactment of the Corps
of Discovery.
also be visited on Lewis and
Clark Way between Beach
Drive and the Prom, three
blocks north of the program.
Commenced Making Salt
is a free, interactive learning
opportunity for the whole
family. This event is pro-
duced by the Seaside Muse-
um & Historical Society and
the Lewis and Clark National
Historical Park. This year’s
event is sponsored by the
Seaside Museum & Historical
Society member donations,
city of Seaside Public Works
Department, Clatsop County
Work Crew and Oregon State
Parks.
For more information, call
Lewis and Clark NHP, Fort
Clatsop at 503-861-2471 or
the Seaside Museum & His-
torical Society at 503-738-
7065.
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