7 • The Dalles, Oregon Lewis and Clark called it “Rock Fort” when they camped there in the fall of 1805. It was a good spot, so they stayed there again on their return journey the following spring. The historic camp is now on the Riverfront Trail in The Dalles, the original end of the Oregon Trail. The area’s modern history began in 1838, when missionaries established the Wascopam Mission near Pulpit Rock. Thousands of immigrants passed through the vicinity during the Great Migration of
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