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I posted the information below at the Terwilliger family rootsweb.com mailing list on August 12, 2008. I thought it might be of interest at this Oregon genealogy forum.
From: Rosy Prospect <rosyprospect2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: [TERWILLIGER] (National monument) Charlotte Terwilliger deeded land with the Lewis and Clark salt cairn/salt works>Seaside,Clatsop County, Oregon
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008
The land that holds the Lewis and Clark salt cairn was deeded to the Oregon Historical Society in 1910, by Mrs. Charlotte Terwilliger Moffett Cartwright.
It is a national monument.
The salt works is not far from the Lewis and Clark Commemorative statue at the Turnaround at Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon that marks the official end of the Lewis and Clark journey.
...some soot-blackened rocks at the place she identified were donated to the state of Oregon in 1910 by the landowner, CHARLOTTE TERWILLIGER MOFFETT CARTWRIGHT (On The Trail of Lewis and Clark: Yesterday and Today by Bill Yenne published 2005)
The Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) Saturday, August 19, 1899
SALT CAIRN AT SEASIDE: SPOT WHERE LEWIS AND CLARK EVAPORATED OCEAN WATER: After their Transcontinental Journey, the Two Explorers Camped There in the Winter of 1805
" What is the probability the spot where Lewis and Clark, the famous Western explorers of 1804-5-6, secured a fresh supply of salt by evaporating ocean water, has been located in a grove of trees near the old Holladay hotel, and half a mile from the Necanium river at Seaside Clatsop county. Lewis and Clark and their party were the first white men to cross the mountains. Discovering, the headwaters of the Columbia, they followed the rapid currents to the bay, where the waters meet the Pacific, and their stock of salt having been exhausted during the transcontinental trip, they camped and went out with men to obtain a supply by evaporating water from the sea.
The spot has been carefully examined and compared with the description of the explorers and there seems to be no doubt that it is the place to which Captain Clark sent five men to manufacture salt from ocean water. Although thousands have passed within a few feet of the spot they have never suspected any historic importance was attached to it. While at Seaside this week Dr. Raffety was conducted to the salt cairn by John H. Hall of Portland, who in turn, had been shown the spot by an old timer named Noland, who received his information from his father, a pioneer.
There is no particular secret concerning the cairn, but its existence has never become generally known and only a few have ever visited it. Those who have been there and compared it and the surroundings with the account of Lewis and Clark's expedition have no doubt whatever but here is the place the salt was made by the five men delegated by Captain Clark to do that work, after they had reached the Pacific ocean and had gone into winter quarter's in 1805. The story of the expedition after it had reached Clatsop is one of thrilling interest, especially the part referring to the obtaining of food and the making of salt from the waters in the ocean. Mr. Hail had been led to the sacred spot, covered with nearly a century of years, by Noland, but it so well concealed from the hand of the iconoclast that it had remained undisturbed, and he had some difficulty in finding it. Finally they stood by the side of the ruins of the cairn built by the hands of the men who had traversed the continent, threading wildernesses, deserts, mountains and valleys, and revealing an empire previously unknown. It was with a feeling of almost reverence that the two stood beside the sacred spot. It is not far from the usual resort of seasiders. Just over there is the Necanicum river, with its numerous tributaries that were traversed by Captain Clark and only half a mile away is the old Holladay hotel..."
Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) Tuesday, November 21, 1899; pg. 8; issue 12
Headline: Measure to Protect Lewis and Clark Salt Cairn at Clatsop
" Since the publication in The Oregonian last summer of the story concerning the salt cairn on Clatsop beach, where Lewis and Clark are supposed to have procured a fresh supply of salt by evaporation of ocean water, there has been considerable investigations made..."
This discovery was printed in newspapers nationwide, sample of a headline:
"Pile Of Stones Now Marks The Place Where Explorers Boiled Seawater"
The Atlanta Constitution , April 30, 1905. Atlanta, Georgia
The Seaside Historical Society Museum in Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon has a few postcards of this site in their photo archive and those postcards can be viewed online.
They have some brief information online that mentions the Salt Cairn site identified as Lot 18, Block 1 of Cartwright Park, Seaside and the owner CHARLOTTE MOFFETT CARTWRIGHT deeded the site to Oregon Historical Society as a gift to be held in "trust for the people of the State of Oregon for historical purposed only" The deed was recorded on June 16, 1910. See also the Fort Clatsop Administrative History-government site. See also Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Designation act. See also Lewis and Clark National and State Historical parks. Note: The Seaside Museum has a wonderful research library and they also have an exhibit of the salt works.
I requested this biography January, 2008 : Thanks to Diana at the www.usbiographies.org a US Biography project for transcribing this biography:
"Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders."
Author: Joseph Gaston
S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago-Portland, 1911
Vol. 2, Page 651
CHARLES MORRISON CARTWRIGHT
Charles Morrison Cartwright, whose name is deeply engraven upon the history of business development and political activity in Oregon, came to this state as one of the pioneers of 1853. His interests were therefore closely allied with all that pertained to Oregon's upbuilding and progress to the time of his death, which occurred on the 25th of March, 1908. He was a native of Michigan his birth having occurred near Coldwater on the 14th of November, 1835. The first eighteen years of his life were spent in that state, and he then crossed the plains with his father, James Cartwright, and family in 1853. The northwest offered boundless opportunities in its natural resources, its mineral deposits, and its industrial and commercial possibilities, and yet the mountain ranges that lay between were hard to climb, the forests difficult to penetrate, while the journey across the treeless plains taxed the endurance of the most stout-hearted. After many
weary weeks of travel, the party arrived in Oregon in October, and Charles Morrison Cartwright at once sought employment which he found on the farm of Morton M. McCarver, near Oregon City. He improved all of his opportunities to the best advantage. He possessed great energy and thrift, and in the early days laid the foundation for a substantial competence. He early gave proof of his business ability as well as his fidelity and energy, and thus gained recognition among his fellow pioneers as one of the worthy and representative citizens of the state.
On the 12th of March, 1859, Mr. Cartwright was married to Miss Adelia Geer, the eldest daughter of G. W. Geer, a pioneer of 1847. Soon afterward he tamed his attention to general merchandizing in Butteville, and later removed to Salem, where he continued for a time in the same business. At length he sold out and went to Albany, where he established a soap factory which he conducted for about a year. In 1879 he became a resident of eastern Oregon, where he engaged in the sheep business. A little later he organized the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company, in which he was associated with Jim Gommerville and Arthur Breyman, with headquarters at Hay Creek in Crook county. This undertaking was crowned with a substantial measure of success. The company raised a large number of sheep and found ready sale for the animals and their wool. Mr. Cartwright continued in the business until 1903, when he sold out. In 1905, in connection with George Weidler, he acquired the Holladay property at Seaside, Clatsop County, and afterward became sole owner. His investments were always judiciously made, and in business affairs he displayed sound judgment and keen discrimination, so that as the years passed, he won substantial success.
Mr. Cartwright was married twice, his first wife passing away about twenty five years prior to his demise. In their family were three children: Mrs. J. P. Van Houton of Shoemaker, New Mexico; Mrs. W. H. Moses of Portland; and James B. Cartwright, of Seaside. On the 8th of March, 1887, Mr. Cartwright was again married, his second union being with MRS. CHARLOTTE MOFFET , who came to Oregon in 1845 and is well known in pioneer circles as a leading worker in connection with the annual reunions.
Mr. Cartwright was a Mason of high rank, and in his life exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft which is based upon the principles of mutual helpfulness and brotherly kindness. Politically he was a republican, and was deeply interested in the success of the party. He served for one year in the state legislature as senator from the district comprising Wasco, Crook, Klamath and Lake counties, but otherwise did not hold office. He was never remiss in the duties of citizenship; on the contrary, his aid could always be counted upon to further progressive public movements, and his labors were an important element in promoting the welfare and progress of the state.
For more information visit the National park service site at nps.gov and type in "Cartwright salt cairn" at the search engine for more detailed administrative history.
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