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5 - The Bitterroot Valley
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Link to view of the Bitterroot River and Bitterroot Mountains

View across the Bitterroot River toward the Bitterroot Mountains

Link to Sunrise beyond the Sapphire Mountains from the Bitterroot River

Sunrise above a morning fog, beyond the Sapphire Mountains, from the Bitterroot River

"The snow still continued on the mountains, on both sides of the valley."
Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse, September 9, 1805
"The greater part of the day dark & drisley.…The vallie from 1 to 2 miles wide, the snow top mountains to our left, open hilley countrey on the right."
Meriwether Lewis, September 7, 1805

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Judith Landing. (04:11:23:18); Missouri River at the Marias (05:02:20:09); White Cliffs (05:17:22 and 05:19:19)Great Falls of the Missouri (01:47:19); Horseshoe Falls (01:01:51)Gates of the Mountains (06:20:14); Gates of the Mountains with Bald Eagle (01:11:16:15)Three Forks at mouth of Jefferson River (02:30:34); Wild Flowers and Mountains (02:26:00)Bitterroot Mountains (08:15:31); Flying into the Mist (not logged)Rocky Mountain Front (01:14:55); Two Medicine Creek (06:48:09)Pompey's Pillar (08:27:45); Clark's Signature (08:37:09)

 



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