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This view outside of Danner, Oregon is the gravesite of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 - May 16, 1866), the son of Sacagawea, a prominent member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He was born in Fort Mandan, North Dakota & was nicknamed Pompey by William Clark. As an adult, he was a Native American-French Canadian explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican American War, mayor of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and a gold digger and hotel operator in Northern California. He was purported to have died of pneumonia here (formerly a stagecoach location known as Inskip Station). One of the historical markers here reads the following:
Oregon History
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
This site marks the final resting place of the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Born to Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau at Fort Mandan (North Dakota), on February 11, 1805, Baptiste and his mother symbolized the peaceful nature of the "Corps of Discovery." Educated by Captain William Clark at St. Louis, Baptiste at 18 travelled to Europe where he spent six years becoming fluent in English, German, French and Spanish. Returning to American territories in 1829, he ranged the far west for nearly four decades as a mountain man, guide, interpreter, magistrate, and forty-niner. In 1866, he left the California gold fields for a new strike in Montana, contracted pneumonia en route, reached "Inskips Ranch" here, and died on May 16, 1866.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Charbonneau
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The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.