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North Dakota Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center provides an overview
of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, with special emphasis on the time
spent at Fort Mandan during the winter of 1804- 1805.
The displays include Native American artifacts, a
buffalo robe visitors will be able to try on, as well
as a "cradle-board" much like the one Sakakawea may
have used to carry her baby. An authentic wood canoe
carved from the trunk of a large cottonwood tree demonstrates
the winter preparations the Expedition made while at
Fort Mandan.
After Lewis and Clark left to continue their journey
west, the rich history of this area continued to grow,
with the establishment of Fort Clark in 1830. Built
as a trading post of the American Fur Company, Fort Clark
soon became a cultural and diplomatic center for the early
Americans and the neighboring Mandan and Arikara tribes.
The latest addition to the Interpretive Center - the Fort
Clark Exhibit in the Sheldon Gallery - presents the history
of the mighty steamboats, frontier trade and Native American
culture that saturated this region.
The Interpretive Center's Bergquist Gallery, one of only
four galleries in the world to house a complete collection,
rotates the prints of Karl Bodmer on a seasonal basis.
Bodmer's watercolors and Maximilian's written descriptions
are considered the most complete and reliable eyewitness
account of the Upper Midwest Indian cultures.
For More Information Contact:
North Dakota Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
PO Box 607
Washburn, ND 58577-0607
Phone: (701) 462-8535
Fax: (701) 462-3316
Toll-free (877) 462-8535
Email: info@fortmandan.org
Location: Intersection of US Highway 83 and ND Highway 200A on McLean County Highway 17, Washburn, North Dakota, 38 miles north of Bismarck.
Hours of Operation: Open all year. Memorial Day through Labor Day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m; remainder of year 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. , Sundays Noon to 5 p.m.
Admission to Interpretive Center and Fort
Mandan: Adults
$7.50; Students (K-College) $5.00; Foundation members
free.
School Tours: To arrange a school field trip to
the Interpretive Center, call (701) 462-8535. Student admission for prescheduled
school tour groups is $3.00 per person.
Group Tours: To arrange a group tour to the Interpretive
Center, call (701)462-8535. Group tour admission is $6.00 per person.
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