Sacagawea – History Travel US

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Sacagawea

She was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, at age 16, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. She first met Lewis and Clark at Fort Mandan, North Dakota. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish cultural contacts with Native American populations and contributing to the expedition’s knowledge of natural history in different regions.

NAME OF SITE	DESCRIPTION	CITY	STATE/COUNTRY
Birthplace	marker – memorial	Lemhi River Valley, near present-day Salmon	Idaho
Birthplace monument	This beautiful monument is at the Sacagawea	Salmon	Idaho
Museum	Sacajawea Interpretive Center	Salmon	Idaho
Museum	Lemhi County Historical Museum	Salmon	Idaho
Deathplace	Sakakawea obelisk at the believed site of her death	Mobridge	South Dakota
Burial Place	Sacajawea Cemetery- Wind River Reservation –	Fort Washakie	Wyoming
Monuments	Washington Park	Portland	Oregon
Monuments	Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea	Kansas City	Missouri
Park	Sacajawea Park	Three Forks	Montana
Memorial	Sacajawea Memorial Area	Lemhi Pass	Idaho
Statue	Clatsop national Memorial – A life size bronze statue named “Sacagawea and Baby” is located outside the visitor center.	Astoria	Oregon
INTERESTING FACT	SOME SAY SHE DIED AT THE AGE of 25 (according to CLARK’s DIARY) BUT THE SHISHONE TRIBE SAYS SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF 82 AND IS BURIED IN FORT WASHAKIE, WY