Clark’s Tree - Stanley Wanlass

Trails End Monument. Discovery Trail. Long Beach, Washington. dedicated 2003. The bronze tree is 20 ft tall and sits on a dune above the Pacific Ocean beach, marking the spot where Clark carved a message on a living tree to establish United States precedence of discovery and occupation, The sculpture marks the westernmost and northernmost point of Lewis and Clark's journey on the Pacific coast. inscribed on the tree trunk is the phrase, "William Clark. November 19, 1805. By land from the U. States," which is believed to be what Clark carved into the original pine.

Follow the journey of Clark's Tree, a 25-foot bronze memorial commemorating the message carved in a pine tree by William Clark in 1805 which washed away in the Pacific Ocean in the mid-1800s. From sculpting with clay, molding, casting, patina, and other foundry work to its expedition following in the footsteps of Lewis & Clark. After much celebration at Lewiston/Clarkston it was placed by crane onto a barge that followed the Snake River to the Columbia River making numerous overnight celebration stops and then escorted by the Portland Yacht Club to Astoria and the Pacific Coast where the US Corps of Engineer's fireboats shot water over the barge and monument. Concludes with unveiling & dedication.

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