Salem Overlook

The high point of land Lewis selected as a staging point for the trip across the portage

While Captain Clark was busy laying out the route of the portage Captain Lewis was making final preparations to start moving the Expeditions baggage.  Five of the six canoes were hauled up the Portage Creek about a mile then hauled out to dry.  Several loads of clothes and equipment were hauled by hand up the hills to a high point of land
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