Fort Clark on the Missouri
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Fort Clark on the Missouri

Fort Clark on the Missouri

Karl Bodmer • 1834
Medium Hand-colored aquatint engraving
Current Location Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Scene Depicted Fort Clark, near Stanton, North Dakota

View of Fort Clark, the American Fur Company trading post where Bodmer and Prince Maximilian spent the winter of 1833–34. Lewis and Clark had also wintered nearby at Fort Mandan in 1804–05. The post served as a crucial hub for trade and diplomacy along the upper Missouri.

Scene Location

Fort Clark, near Stanton, North Dakota

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