Seaside, Or 10-17-09

Lewis and Clark sent 3 men from Fort Clatsop to Seaside for several months to boil ocean water to gain salt. The corps had run out of salt and needed it to preserve their food and to trade. this spot was identified by a Clatsop girl whose Grandfather had helped the three men. Now it is in the first block of houses from the Prom- a Promenade that runs between the houses and the ocean, but there are blocks of sea grass betweenthe houses and the ocean.