Fort Mandan and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
Historic Site · Washburn, North Dakota
Where the Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1804 to 1805, in a triangular log fort thrown up on the Missouri opposite the Mandan villages - the longest they stayed anywhere on the whole expedition. It was here that Sakakawea and Toussaint Charbonneau joined them, and here that Jean Baptiste Charbonneau was born in February 1805. The original site has been taken by the river and its exact position is not known; the reconstruction stands a few miles away near Washburn, with the interpretive centre and its Karl Bodmer prints two miles off.
8th Street SW, Washburn, North Dakota, 58577, United States
⚠ SEASONAL - the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn and the Fort Mandan reconstruction two miles away both run full hours and staffed interpretation in the warmer months, generally 9 AM to 5 PM from spring to autumn, with reduced access or closure in winter. Modest admissions apply and the two sites are not always one ticket, so ask at whichever you reach first. ⚠ THE OPERATOR'S OWN WEBSITE RETURNS A SERVER ERROR TO AUTOMATED REQUESTS, so its hours could not be machine-verified and no phone number is published on a page this folder could read - ring the site or the State Historical Society before travelling.
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