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Lewis and Clark National Park-Script for iMovie

Speaker 1: Have you ever seen an adventure movie? If you have then you know there is action in every part. This is very similar to the amazing journey of two very adventurous men. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, also known as Lewis and Clark, they went on an expedition to explore the land west of the Mississippi River. This journey was ordered by Thomas Jefferson, the president at the time.

Speaker 2: So on May 14th, of 1804 the journey began. They traveled with 31 other explorers, most who were in the U.S. army. The whole group was also known as the Corps of Discovery. After two years of traveling the explorers finished their journey, and achieved their goal.

Speaker 3: This Park is fairly new, being founded in 2004. It is a 40 mile trail, with 12 sites along the way. It stretches from Long Beach, Washington to Cannon Beach, Oregon. The park has about 250,000 visitors a year. The trail has been here for over 200 years. It has gone from a trail to a National Park. The stores at the visitor centers have been expanded where you can get souvenirs such as books, maps, journals, and information on the park’s Junior Ranger Program.

Speaker 4: One of the main site’s of the park is Fort Clatsop. This was the place where the Corps camped during winter from December 1805 to March 1806. You can find a visitor center here. There is a Fort Clatsop exhibit, built by the explorers themselves. The rangers dress up and reenact as people of that time. You can also find a gift shop, interpretive center, orientation film, and an exhibit hall.

Speaker 1: The Fort to Sea trail is a 6.5 mile trail that starts at Fort Clatsop and ends in Sunset Beach. This was home to the Clatsop Indians who were helpful on the journey. You can hike here to get a spectacular view. Nearby you can also find woods, lakes, and a beach. Clark’s Dismal Nitch was where the group encountered a storm which forced them to go to a north shore cove with many rocks, and steep hills. Clark named this area the “that dismal little nitch”. Today you can find great bird watching areas, trails, a lake, picnic tables, and an information booth.

Speaker 2: Another site is Station Camp. The group was here to get a look at the Pacific Ocean. Today they are still setting up a riverfront park. Archeologists recently found many artifacts in this area. The Salt Works is an interesting place. Here the group brought kettles and made salt. If you visit today you may see a reenactment of how they made salt.

Speaker 3: Netul Landing was where the group paddled through the Netul River and saw all kinds of animals and plants. Today you can paddle through the river too just like Lewis and Clark. The memorial to Jefferson is still being created within Cape Disappointment Park. At Cape Disappointment the Corps explored this land. Today it offers 27 miles of ocean beach, 2 lighthouses, hiking trails, and an interpretive center.

Speaker 4: Fort Columbia was home to many Chinook Indians. Today it’s a park and you can find a museum, trails, freshwater shoreline, and an interpretive center with a lot of information. At Fort Stevens once was a home to Clatsop Indians, today it’s a park with camping areas, beaches and rivers, horseback, hiking, and bike riding trails.

Speaker 1: Sunset Beach is a part of the Fort to Sea trail we talked about before. It has a magnificent trail, and is the ideal spot for hikers. Its 6 miles, and passes exactly where the Lewis & Clark passed through. After climbing over a very steep mountain the explorers came to what is now Ecola State Park. Today the park is an ideal spot for hikers, beach lovers, surfers, and whale watchers.

Speaker 2: So as you can see the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park is an interesting place. There are a lot of things to see and do. It is an American Treasure because it shows the hard journey of Lewis and Clark. It’s so nice that even after 200 years we can still learn and see the trail these two men made. And that’s why it’s an American Treasure.