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4 unusual facts about Astor Expedition


Astor Expedition

After losing a man and two capsized canoes below present-day Milner Dam, they discovered that the route was unnavigable.

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The party traveled west with relative ease through South Dakota and Wyoming, and accumulated 6,000 pounds of dried buffalo meat northwest of present-day Pinedale.

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The Astor Expedition of 1810-1812, was the next overland expedition from St. Louis, Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia River after the Corps of Discovery, led by Lewis and Clark.

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The party managed to avoid disaster at the nearby Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls a short way farther along, where the Snake River cascades hundreds of feet.



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