After passing a wet and tedious winter near the Pacific Coast,
Lewis and Clark turned their canoes eastward to start the long
trip back to St. Louis, Missouri.  .

The Corps of Discovery left behind their cramped, miserable,
yet vital, winter quarters,

The Corps of Discovery arrived at the Pacific the previous
November, having made a difficult crossing over the rugged
Rocky Mountains.

The replica of Fort Clatsop is Located along the Lewis and
Clark River at the north end of the Clatsop Plains about 
5 miles southwest of Astoria,Oregon.

On this day in 1988, Stacy Allison of Portland, Oregon, became
the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest,
which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth.

Allison, a member of the Northwest American Everest Expedition, climbed the Himalayan peak using the southeast ridge route.

At least 168 climbers and support staff died in attempts to reach
the top of Everest in the 20th century.

On July 3, 1890, Idaho entered the Union as the 43rd state.

The word Idaho is derived from the Shoshone Ee-Da-How,
referring possibly to the ubiquitous purple flowers of the
area, but also translated as “gem of the mountains” or
“behold the sun coming down the mountain.”

Idaho was originally part of the vast northwest Oregon, or
Columbia River, country claimed by Spain, Russia, Great
Britain, and the United States.

May 14, 1804: One year after the United States doubled its territory
with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition left St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore  the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.


       
On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean, pausing there for the winter, the explorers began the long journey
back to St. Louis.

Conferring with Clatsop Indians at the fort.

After passing a wet and tedious winter near the Pacific Coast,
Lewis and Clark left behind Fort Clatsop and headed east for
home.

The Corps of Discovery arrived at the Pacific the previous
November, having made a difficult crossing over the rugged
Rocky Mountains.

Their winter stay on the south side of the Columbia River—
dubbed Fort Clatsop in honor of the local Native American
tribe—had been plagued by rainy weather and a scarcity of
fresh meat. No one in the Corps of Discovery regretted
leaving Fort Clatsop behind.

In the days before their departure, Captains Lewis and Clark
prepared for the final stage of their journey. Lewis recognized
the possibility that some disaster might still prevent them from
making it back east and he prudently left a list of the names of
all the expedition’s men with Chief Coboway of the Clatsops.

Nonetheless, seven months later to the day, on September
23, 1806, the Corps of Discovery arrived at the docks of St.
Louis, where their long journey had begun nearly two and a
half years before.