Here are a few pictures from the day.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Saturday
We arrived in Washburn about 2:00 and spent the afternoon with Jeff Carlson. You girls are in for a treat when you Skype with him on Monday and Tuesday; you will learn so much from him! He gave us a tour of the reconstructed Fort Mandan and taught us about the expedition and its members. He has a wealth of knowledge! We had a wonderful afternoon.
Here are a few pictures from the day.
Here are a few pictures from the day.
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In that last picture, is that a giant dog?
ReplyDeleteMaddie
It is, Maddie :) It reminds us of the dog Captain Lewis brought on the expedition. He was big, too (but not that big).
Deletei think the statues look awesome I think they were proboly huge up close. Lindsay
ReplyDeleteThey are! The dog stands taller than I do - even when I'm standing up.
DeleteIs it Newfoundland?
ReplyDeleteIt is a Newfoundland...good job! Newfoundlands are usually a good choice for people traveling by boat because they almost always like water. Captain Lewis bought his Newfoundland for $20 in 1803.
DeleteI went to Lost Pines, Austin and the owners of the hotel came with these 2 Newfoundland and they were HUGE!!!! (But cute too:)
DeleteJuliana
They are like St.Bernardes big and like to drool?
Delete-Sophie
I love the statue of scannon. Hayden.
ReplyDeleteWow, Hayden...you know your Lewis and Clark story! For a long time, people thought Meriwether Lewis's dog was named Scannon. Then, one day, someone found a map with a river the Captains named "Seaman's Creek." Now, we're pretty sure that was named after the dog.
Deletenice log.nice statue too! Not so little black dog. -OlIvIa♣
ReplyDeleteSomeone I work with has a Newfoundland that she sometimes brings to the fort. Like most of her breed, she is a BIG dog!
DeleteScanon Is sooo big those are such cool statues-Emily
ReplyDeleteThe statues of the three men are Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sheheke (a Mandan chief that came back to Washington, D.C. with the Corps of Discovery after the expedition). Later, when he returned to his village, almost no one believed the stories he told about what he saw in the United States!
DeleteDid you know: One of the first times Captain Lewis wrote about Seaman in his journal, the dog was jumping off the keelboat to fetch squirrels that were trying to swim across the river. It's true!
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty cool sign!Was the sign there when Indians actually lived there?
ReplyDelete- Remy
Seaman reminds me of the book I read once!That statue is huge!
ReplyDeleteThat looks very cool!:)
ReplyDeleteSeaman looks like he is five times taller than me! Seaman is so tall!:)
ReplyDelete-Campbell
Were was the photo of Seaman taken?-Anne
ReplyDeleteWow Seaman looks really tall. How tall is he.
ReplyDeleteMia
Is the breed newfoundland like a St. Bernard?
ReplyDelete-Sophie