Touchet River Camp Site

we took leave of these friendly honest people the Wollahwollahs and departed at 11 A. M.

the narrow bottom of this creek is very fertile, tho' the plains are poor and sandy.
Meriwether Lewis

Photo date: April 18, 2009
Some modern artifacts have been obscured.

Bottom land along a small river

Plains above Touchet River

we continued our rout N. 30 E. 14 ms. through an open level sandy plain to a bold Creek 10 yds. wide.
-Meriwether Lewis-

Photo date: April 18, 2009

Wide level plain with a sand dune

Touchet River

this stream is a branch of the Wallahwollah river into which it discharges itself about six miles above the junction of that river with the Columbia.
it takes it's rise in the same range of mountains to the East of the sources of the main branch of the same.
it appears to be navigable for canoes;
it is deep and has a bold current.
-Meriwether Lewis-

Photo date: April 18, 2009

Large stream meandering through a wide bottom

Plains above Touchet River

there are many large banks of pure sand which appear to have been drifted up by the wind to the hight of 15 or 20 feet, lying in many parts of the plain through which we passed today.
-Meriwether Lewis-

Photo date: April 18, 2009
Some modern artifacts have been obscured.

Small expanse of sand on a barren plain

Touchet River Camp

we encamped at the place we intersepted the creek where we had the pleasure once more to find an abundance of good wood for the purpose of making ourselves comfortable fires, which has not been the case since we left rock fort camp.
-Meriwether Lewis-

Photo date: May 2, 2009

Green riparia in spring bloom