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Calendar of Lewis and Clark Events
February through March 2023
Quick Peek at the Lewis and Clark Events around the nation
Details about each event can be found on pages later in this calendar
Dates Event Location
February 1 The Mouth of the Platte Chapter study group. Also on Feb. 8, 15, and 22. Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Feb. 1-March 17 Lewis and Clark traveling map exhibit Naselle, Wash.
February 4 26th annual meeting of Washington Chapter Tacoma, Wash.
February 4 Greg Peters discusses national forests and his book, Our National Forests Travelers’ Rest, Mont.
February 9 Robert Heacock’s presentation on Lewis and Clark’s notable sites, events Zoom; Lewiston, Idaho
February 11 Oregon Chapter luncheon and tour of Curtis Heritage Education Center Oregon City, Oregon
February 11 Poet Corrie Williamson reads from her book, including info on Julia Clark Travelers’ Rest, Mont.
February 11 Celebration of Pompey’s day of birth Billings, Mont.
February 18 Riverbend Chapter and Southern Prairie Region annual meeting Lenexa, Kan.
February 18 Lucy Vanderburg talks about Grizzly Bear Tracks and her other ancestors Travelers’ Rest, Mont.
February 21 The Mouth of the Platte Chapter monthly luncheon and program Omaha, Neb.
February 21 Marcia and Norman Anderson presentation on clothing of Lewis and Clark Great Falls, Montana
February 25 Tom Schenarts talks about his sculpture, Dividing the Corps, and more Travelers’ Rest, Mont.
March 4 Ellie Nuno, fiddler and violinist, shares music of the era of the expedition Travelers’ Rest, Mont.
March 5 A presentation about the Osage at the time of Lewis and Clark Zoom
March 8 Barb Kubik’s talk on “Musquetos are verry troublrsome” Zoom; Lewiston, Idaho
March 18 Mark Jordan talks about the near misses of the expedition Danville, Calif.
March 21 The Mouth of the Platte Chapter luncheon meeting and program Omaha, Neb.
March 25 Wayne Wilson’s workshop on how to keep a travel journal Zoom
March 26-May 6 Reimagining America traveling map exhibit Hohenwald, Tenn.
Enter your photos in the 2023 Lewis and Clark contest
The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation’s annual photo contest will receive entries until April 30.
Members of the organization can enter up to two photos in up to three of these categories: landscape;
people on the trail; historic Lewis and Clark sites; public Lewis and Clark art; and flora and fauna. Non-
members may submit one photo each in up to two categories.
Rules and information
Entry form
Look at the photos that won the 2022 contest and were placed in this year’s calendar of Lewis and Clark
events: Winners and info about each photo. (Photo above, by Laura Labadie, won in the Landscape
category.)
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The following calendar entries are for events through March. Please visit the calendar
on the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation website to see if more events
become listed during the upcoming months. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free.
The next monthly calendar will be published on March 1.
• February 1 (Wednesday): The Mouth of the Platte Chapter’s Click here to find
study group will meet from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Central Time) today out how to submit
and February 8, 15 and 22 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 600 information for this
Bluff Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. This is an open meeting with Lewis and Clark
coffee and treats. The first hour is a time of sharing Lewis and calendar.
Clark’s experiences by each participant. The second hour is
devoted to reading and discussing days in Volume 6 of
the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition edited
by Gary Moulton. The February series of the Mouth of
In the study group’s readings, the expedition has the Platte Chapter study group will be
reached the Pacific Ocean, and the explorers have studying the expedition journals that
completed construction of Fort Clatsop. They are date from Dec. 19, 1805, to Jan. 5,
1806.
settling in for cold wet months prior to beginning their
return journey in March 1806. Click here to learn what the
• The February 1 study group will cover expedition did during those days.
December 19 to 25, 1805. The link will take you to Dec. 19,
• On February 8: December 26 to 30, 1805. 1805. Then, to go to the next day,
• On February 15: December 31, 1805, to click on the next date (Dec. 20, 1805)
January 1, 1806. on the right of the page.
• On February 22: January 2 to 5, 1806.
For more information: Keith Bystrom,
knbystrom68@gmail.com. Note: You are very welcome to attend the study group even if
you have not been there before.
• February 1 to March 17: The traveling exhibit “Reimagining America: The Maps of
Lewis and Clark” will be displayed at the Appelo Archives Center, Naselle, Wash. Click
here for more info about the Appelo Archives Center.
The exhibit explains how the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s findings transformed Euro-
American understandings of North America in the early 1800s. It also investigates
methods used by the explorers to gather and process that information, including
preexisting maps, navigational scientific equipment that was considered cutting edge for
its time, and intelligence gained from Native Americans whom the explorers interacted
with.
“Reimagining America” was created by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
to increase awareness of the story of the nation’s geographic understanding of itself and
the different cultural viewpoints and strategies that enabled Lewis and Clark to map and
share their data. Fort Walla Walla Museum is one of many destinations for this fascinating
traveling exhibit. After the exhibit leaves the Appelo
Archives Center, it will next be displayed from March 26
to May 6 at the Lewis County Historical Society, On February 4, David Nicandri will
give a talk at the annual meeting of
Hohenwald, Tenn. More info about the exhibit.
the Washington Chapter. David’s
program will focus on “Army
• February 4 (Saturday): The 26th annual meeting of
Trails West: John C Fremont’s
the Washington Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail
Connection to the Lewis and
Heritage Foundation will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the
Clark Expedition. Learn more
Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave., about David and his excellent
Tacoma, Wash. The meeting will be in the museum’s book, River of Promise.
fifth-floor boardroom. David Nicandri, former executive
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director of the Washington State Historical Society and author of River of Promise: Lewis
and Clark on the Columbia, will be the featured speaker. David’s program will focus on
“Army Trails West: John C Fremont’s Connection to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
There will be a silent auction as part of the annual meeting. Please donate items for the
auction. Proceeds will go to the chapter. During the meeting, members will vote for eight
positions on the chapter’s board of directors. A chapter business meeting will be held after
the lunch break. Phone: (888) 238-4373. Washingtonhistory.org. More info in the Pacific
Northwest Region’s latest newsletter.
• February 4 (Saturday): Greg Peters will give a talk about national
forests and his book, Our National Forests: Stories from America’s
Most Important Public Lands. In this talk through the Travelers’ Rest
Winter Storytelling Program, Greg will look inside at America’s most
important public lands and the people protecting them and ensuring
access for all. From the Forest Service annually growing millions of
seedlings in the West to efforts to save the Hellbender Salamander in Greg Peters will talk
Appalachia, the story of national forests spans the nation’s breadth and February 4 about national
its diverse biology. With more than 193 million acres of forests, forests, which is the topic
of his book, Our National
mountains, deserts, watersheds, and grasslands, our national forests Forests: Stories from
provide multitudes of uses for Americans. Greg will tell this story during America’s Most Important
his talk that starts at 11 a.m. (Mountain Time). Public Lands.
For almost two decades, the Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ Rest,
located near Missoula, Montana, has been a seasonal celebration of
the Séliš tradition of sharing stories during the cold winter months. The stories are told by
elders, authors, historians, and naturalists. In 2023, the storytelling will be held on
Saturdays at the Travelers’ Rest State Park Visitor Center and on Zoom.
The cost to attend a storytelling session is $5 in person or on Zoom.
However…admission to both the in-person and Zoom stories is free to members of the
Travelers’ Rest Connection. Here is how to become a member. For non-members, click
here to register for Zoom presentations at $5 per presentation. Select “Drop-In” to register
and pay for one presentation at a time. If you are a member, select “Entire Series.”
• February 9 (Thursday): Robert Heacock will give a presentation on “The Lewis and
Clark Expedition, Volume IV—Return and Afterwards. Notable Sites and Events on the
Return Expedition, Clarkston to St. Louis and Beyond.” The presentation at 3 p.m. (Pacific
Time) in the Lewiston City Library, Lewiston, Idaho, will be in person and also broadcast
on Zoom. The presentation is hosted by the Idaho Chapter of the
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.
Robert is a member of the Pacific Northwest Region of the Lewis
and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. He serves on committees for the
nonprofit organization. He is past president of the Washington
Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and a
frequent contributor to the chapter’s newsletter Worthy of Notice. He is
also the author of Wind Hard from the West: The Lewis and Clark
Expedition on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. Robert Heacock
Robert and wife Melanie reside in Liberty Lake in Spokane. A native
of eastern Washington, he is an officer and historian of the Spokane Westerners Corral
and a member of the Ice Age Floods Institute.
Here’s the Zoom link to click on to see Robert’s presentation:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84953785748?pwd=ckVsTXpqQ0xlZDd4bUdmYUJWSKE4QTOP
Meeting ID: 849 5378 5748. Passcode: 192087.
For more info: laurielynn205@gmail.com.
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• February 11 (Saturday): The Oregon Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation will have a luncheon and a private tour in Oregon City, Oregon. The luncheon
begins at noon (Pacific Time) at Abby’s Legendary Pizza, 19011 Beavercreek Road. The
1 p.m. tour will be of the Curtis Heritage Education Center and involve seeing the Myron
Curtis collection of animal- and people-powered conveyances. There is no charge for the
tour, but donations to the nonprofit Curtis Heritage Education Center are welcomed. More
info: Thelma Haggenmiller, 503-659-5590, SlowPokeTours@gmail.com.
• February 11 (Saturday): As part of the Travelers’ Rest Winter Storytelling Program,
poet Corrie Williamson will read from and discuss her book, The River Where You Forgot
My Name. Much of the book focuses on Julia Hancock Clark, William Clark’s wife.
The River Where You Forgot My Name travels between early 1800s Virginia and
Missouri and present-day western Montana, a place where “bats sail the river of dark.” In
their crosscutting, the poems in this collection reflect on American progress; technology,
exploration, and environment; and the ever-changing landscape at the intersection of
wilderness and civilization.
Three of the book’s five sections follow poet Corrie’s experiences
while living for five years in western Montana. The remaining
sections are persona poems written in the voice of Julia Hancock
Clark, wife of William Clark. She and Willaim married soon after he
returned from his western expedition with Meriwether Lewis. Julia
lived with Clark in the then-frontier town of St. Louis until her death
in 1820. She offers a foil for the poet’s first-person Montana
narrative and enriches the historical perspective of the poetry,
providing a female voice to counterbalance the often male-centered
discovery and frontier narrative. Watch poet Corrie
For almost two decades, the Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ Williamson on February
Rest, located near Missoula, Montana, has been a seasonal 11 as she reads from and
discusses her book: The
celebration of the Séliš tradition of sharing stories during the cold River Where You Forgot
winter months. The stories are told by elders, authors, historians, My Name. Julia Hancock
and naturalists. In 2023, the storytelling will be held on Saturdays at Clark, the wife of William
the Travelers’ Rest State Park Visitor Center and on Zoom. Clark, plays an important
The cost to attend a storytelling session is $5 in person or on role in the book.
Zoom. However…admission to both the in-person and Zoom
stories is free to members of the Travelers’ Rest Connection. Here is how to become a
member. For non-members, click here to register for Zoom presentations at $5 per
presentation. Select “Drop-In” to register and pay for one presentation at a time. If you are
a member, select “Entire Series.”
• February 11 (Saturday): Celebrate Pompey’s day of birth in 1805.
Friends of Pompey’s Pillar will host a birthday party from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. (Mountain Time) at its office, 1523 14th St. West, Suite 2,
Billings, Montana.
This open house for the public is a time to see old friends and
make new ones. Here’s what’s happening: View the original John
Potter series of paintings of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Enjoy
cake, coffee, and conversation. Learn more about Pomp
Charbonneau. Find out what’s new for 2023 at Pompeys Pillar
National Monument. Children’s activities and stickers will be provided. Statue of Pompey and
Receive a free Pompeys Pillar National Monument. Learn about Sacagawea by Carol
volunteer activities. Grende.
Pompey was the nickname that Lewis and Clark gave to Jean
Baptiste Charbonneau, the child of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau. Pompey
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was born on Feb. 11, 1805. Click here to learn more about Pompey. And click here to
listen to an informative 2-minute radio broadcast.
• February 18 (Saturday): The annual meetings of the
Missouri-Kansas Riverbend Chapter and the Southern
Prairie Region will be held during an 11:30 a.m. luncheon
at Blue Moose Restaurant, 10064 Woodland Rd, Lenexa,
Kansas. Officers of the Missouri-Kansas Riverbend
Chapter will be elected, and Southern Prairie Region
directors will be appointed. If you are interested in being an Octave Chanute
officer or director of either organization for the coming year, Bill Nicks
please contact Dan Sturdevant, dan@sturdevantlawoffice.com. All
members of the chapter and region are invited to the meeting.
The program for the annual meeting will be given by local historian Bill Nicks. Bill will
talk about Octave Chanute, the civil engineer who designed and built the 1869 railroad
bridge over the treacherous Missouri River in the area where the Lewis and Clark
explorers used tow ropes (which broke three times) to pull the flat boat (keelboat) along
the Missouri/Kansas river bend toward Kaw Point where they camped from June 26 to
June 29, 1804. Bill will also talk about how Octave Chanute mentored and helped the
Wright brothers get off the ground.
• February 18 (Saturday): Lucy Vanderburg, elder and founding
member of the Séliš-Ql̓ispé Culture Committee, will share stories of
her ancestors starting at 11 a.m. (Mountain Time). Among her
ancestors is Grizzly Bear Tracks, a prominent Séliš sub-chief whose
descendants maintain an important presence within the tribe. Jesuit
missionaries gave the Bear Tracks family the last name
“Vanderburg” in the 1800s.
Lucy Vanderburg will give
This last October, a local bridge was renamed to honor Sxʷúytis a February 18 talk about
Smx̣e, the native name for Grizzly Bear Tracks. “I know in my heart her ancestors, including
the renaming of this bridge is pleasing to Bear Tracks and to all the Grizzly Bear Tracks, a
Salish Pend d’Oreille people,” Lucy said. prominent Séliš sub-chief
whose descendants
For almost two decades, the Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ Rest maintain an important
has been a seasonal celebration of the Séliš tradition of sharing presence within the tribe
stories during the cold winter months. The stories are told by elders, today.
authors, historians, and naturalists. In 2023, the storytelling will be
held on Saturdays at the Travelers’ Rest State Park Visitor Center near Missoula,
Montana, and on Zoom.
The cost to attend a storytelling session is $5 in person or on Zoom.
However…admission to both the in-person and Zoom stories is free to members of the
Travelers’ Rest Connection. Here is how to become a member. For non-members, click
here to register for Zoom presentations at $5 per presentation. Select “Drop-In” to register
and pay for one presentation at a time. If you are a member, select “Entire Series.”
• February 21 (Tuesday): The February luncheon meeting of the Mouth of the Platte
Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will be at Willa Cather Library,
1905 S. 44th Street (at Center Street), Omaha, Neb. Time: noon. There will be a catered
lunch from Hy-Vee (cost of $15) at 11:30 a.m., with the program immediately following.
The program will feature a presentation by representatives from the Center for Rural
Development in Lyons, Neb., discussing the programs they have developed for Native
Americans, including the Omaha Nation and Santee Sioux
Tribes, involving entrepreneurship, gardening, and good environmental stewardship
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practices. Per the chaptr’s tradition, the February luncheon will celebrate Pomp's Birthday
with a great desert. For meal reservations, contact MOP president Don Shippy
at spydv@msn.com or by calling 402-740-7851.
• February 21 (Tuesday): Marcia and Norman Anderson will give a 7 p.m. (Mountain
Time) presentation on “Outfitted for Diplomacy, Equipped for Discovery” at the Lewis and
Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana. Their free talk will
focus on the military dress and clothing worn during the
expedition’s journey.
The Andersons have been involved in the living history of the
Lewis and Clark explorers since 1997. They have combined
Norman’s interest in research with Marcia’s skills with needle and
threat to rediscover and recreate the expedition’s clothing and
military dress. “The results may surprise you,” Norman said.
Their efforts to recognize the separation between mountain-man Norman and Marcia
clothing and the few images of military dress in the early 1800s Anderson in period
clothing from the early
were helped along by a grant during the Lewis and Clark
1800s.
Bicentennial Celebration two decades ago.
The presentation is part of the Ida Johnson Lecture Series sponsored by the Portage
Route Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. More info: Jay Russell,
(406) 799-8183, jay@durango-prop.com.
• February 25 (Saturday): Longtime Montana artist Tom
Schenarts will discuss his creative process in creating his
sculpture, Dividing the Corps, which depicts the departure of
Lewis and Clark from Travelers’ Rest on July 3, 1806. Meriwether
Lewis marked this occasion in his journal by writing “I took leave of
my worthy friend and companion William Clark and the party
accompanied him. I could not avoid feeling much concern on this
occasion although I hoped this separation was only momentary.”
The dividing of the Corps was a courageous and dangerous
decision by Lewis and Clark. The Corps was already a small
contingent in a vast wilderness. The nine men selected to explore
the Road to the Buffalo in Blackfoot territory took a considerable This is the sculpture,
risk. Dividing the Corps,
created by Montana artist
Tom will talk about his creative process and the many details Tom Schenarts. He will
which make this sculpture an intimate portrait of an important give a presentation on
moment in American history. His talk begins at 11 a.m. (Mountain February 25 about the
Time). sculpture as part of the
As well as being an outstanding artist, Tom is a Travelers’ Rest Travelers’ Rest Winter
Storytelling Program.
State Park volunteer. His talk is part of the Travelers’ Rest Winter
Storytelling Program.
For almost two decades, the Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ Rest has been a seasonal
celebration of the Séliš tradition of sharing stories during the cold winter months. The
stories are told by elders, authors, historians, and naturalists. In 2023, the storytelling will
be held on Saturdays at the Travelers’ Rest State Park Visitor Center near Missoula,
Montana, and on Zoom.
The cost to attend a storytelling session is $5 in person or on Zoom.
However…admission to both the in-person and Zoom stories is free to members of the
Travelers’ Rest Connection. Here is how to become a member. For non-members, click
here to register for Zoom presentations at $5 per presentation. Select “Drop-In” to register
and pay for one presentation at a time. If you are a member, select “Entire Series.” Click
here to become a member of the Travelers’ Rest Connection.
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• March 4 (Saturday): Fiddler and violinist Ellie Nuno will share
the music of the era of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. These will
be tunes that would have been familiar to the explorers and may
have been played around the campfires by fiddler Pierre Cruzatte.
Ellie has been sharing her energy and imagination for more than
30 years in performances across the western United States,
Europe, and Asia. Her creative style reflects decades of study and
performance on the fiddle/violin and encompasses a universal
range of music, from traditional Old Tyme and Bluegrass to Celtic,
Cajun, and Contemporary Rock.
Ellie has a deep connection with the Lewis and Clark story. She
is the daughter of Joe Mussulman, the late professor of music
history and theory at the University of Montana, who created the
educational website, lewis-Clark.org, also known as Discover
Lewis & Clark. The website is now operated by the Lewis and
Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. On March 4, Ellie Nuno
For almost two decades, the Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ will share music of the
Rest has been a seasonal celebration of the Séliš tradition of expedition era as part of
the Travelers’ Rest Winter
sharing stories during the cold winter months. The stories are told Storytelling Program.
by elders, authors, historians, and naturalists. In 2023, the
storytelling will be held on Saturdays at the Travelers’ Rest State Park Visitor Center near
Missoula, Montana, and on Zoom.
The cost to attend a storytelling session is $5 in
person or on Zoom. However…admission to both the
Learn about the times when fiddle
in-person and Zoom stories is free to members of the music was played on the
Travelers’ Rest Connection. Here is how to become a expedition…and the man behind
member. For non-members, click here to register for the music:
Zoom presentations at $5 per presentation. Select • Fiddle music on the trail.
“Drop-In” to register and pay for one presentation at a • Pierre Cruzatte.
time. If you are a member, select “Entire Series.”
• March 5 (Sunday): A Zoom presentation at 4 p.m. (Central Time) will focus on the
Osage Native Americans during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Presenters will be an
Osage, Edward Red Eagle, Jr., of Barnsdall, Okla., and James Duncan, a St. Louis, Mo.,
resident who is the former director of the Missouri State Museum. To receive the Zoom
link, email garykimsey55@gmail.com after March 1.
• March 9 (Thursday): Barb Kubik will give a presentation entitled “’Musquetos are verry
troublrsome’: The Corps of Discovery and Mosquitos” at 3 p.m. (Pacific Time) in the
Lewiston City Library, Lewiston, Idaho. Barb’s talk—the title is pure Lewis and Clark
spellings, by the way—is part of the speaker series of the Idaho Chapter of the Lewis and
Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. The program is sponsored through a collaboration
between the Idaho Chapter and the Lewiston City Library. Barb’s talk will be given in
person and over Zoom. For the Zoom link: contact the library: website.
• March 18 (Saturday): Lewis and Clark researcher and popular speaker Mark Jordan
will give a talk from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) at Blackhawk Museum,
Danville, Calif. The topic: “Near Misses—How Lucky Are Those 31 Men and One Teenage
Girl and Her Infant Son?” Admission to the museum includes access to the event; ticket
prices range up to $15 a person. Click here for more info.
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Mark will tell stories about near disasters that could have ended the expedition or
significantly compromised its ability to succeed or resulted in the death of its participants.
What danger or disaster lurked for the expedition? Does one of the captains almost die?
More than once? Does
their fully loaded large
boat almost disappear?
Could they have lost
Sacajawea? What
happened when Grizzlies
attacked? Did they face
fierce natives? Is it true
that only one man died?
Mark has scoured the
journals and the literature
of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition for the last 35
years. He has traveled the
explorers’ route in a car,
on foot, and in his
canoe. He has written
about the expedition and has lectured at the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
meetings both nationally and locally. He has taught the expedition at the California State
University of the East Bay, the University of South Carolina Beaufort, Santa Clara
University, and the University of California Berkeley for the Osher Life-Long Learning
Institute.
In 2020, Mark was awarded the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Meritorious
Achievement Award for bringing the Expedition to a broad public.
Mark has extensive wilderness experience, having canoed across Canada to Hudson
Bay, and on other rivers in Canada and the United States.
• March 21 (Tuesday): The March luncheon meeting of the Mouth of the Platte Chapter
of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will be at the at the Willa Cather Library,
1905 S. 44th Street (at Center Street), Omaha, Neb. Time: noon. There will be a catered
lunch at 11:30 a.m., with the program immediately following. The program will given by
chapter member and Humanities Nebraska speaker, Dr. Richard Fruehling of Grand
Island, Neb. He will talk about the “Medical Care on the Lewis and Clark Voyage of
Discovery.” For meal reservations, contact MOP president Don Shippy
at spydv@msn.com or by calling 402-740-7851.
• March 25 (Saturday): Lewis and Clark enthusiasts who enjoy traveling the trail have a
wonderful opportunity: Curator and historian Wayne Wilson offers a workshop to help you
keep a travel journal. Lewis and Clark kept journals—there’s no reason why you can’t
keep your own.
Wayne will talk about a range of topics for you to remember when planning your
journal: What to write in your journal; what to put in your travel journal kit; when to make
your journal entries; and what to do with your journal once you’re home.
Wayne has kept travel journals for years, from a journal about a month-long 900-mile
paddle journey down the MacKenzie River in the Canadian Arctic wilderness to the rolling
waves of the Yellowstone River to the winding stretches of the Jefferson and Missouri
rivers.
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While recording his
adventures across these
epic landscapes, Wayne
worked out essential tips
and tricks that will help
make your travel journals
a wonderful memento for
you and future
generations. Wayne has
spent his career in the
museum and archives
fields, giving him a
special perspective on
recording events in a
person’s life. A page from Wayne Wilson’s travel journal. While most travelers keep a written
Wayne’s Zoom journal, Wayne relies on his artistic abilities to record in his journal. He drew this scene
of river and mountains.
presentation begins at 1
p.m. (Pacific Time) and will last for about an hour, including time for questions and
answers. The workshop is limited to 25 persons. At the end of the workshop, participants
will receive a link to downloadable PDF documents that will help guide them as they plan
their own expedition of the Lewis and Clark Trail. Click here to register.
For more info, click here to read a press release and FAQ.
• March 26 (Sunday) to May 6 (Saturday): The traveling exhibit “Reimagining America:
The Maps of Lewis and Clark” will be displayed at the Lewis County Historical Society in
Hohenwald, Tenn.
The exhibit explains how the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s findings transformed Euro-
American understandings of North America in the early 1800s. It also investigates
methods used by the explorers to gather and process that information, including
preexisting maps, navigational scientific equipment that was considered cutting edge for
its time, and intelligence gained from Native Americans whom the explorers interacted
with.
“Reimagining America” was created by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
to increase awareness of the story of the nation’s geographic understanding of itself and
the different cultural viewpoints and strategies that enabled Lewis and Clark to map and
share their data. After the exhibit leaves Hohenwald, it will next be displayed from May 16
to July 31 at the Livingston Area Chamber of Commerce in Livingston, Montana. More
info about the exhibit.
The Meriwether Lewis Chapter of the Southeast Region is partnering with the Lewis
County Museum and other community groups to bring this exhibit to Tennessee. Scholarly
presentations and hands-on family learning experiences will be scheduled in conjunction
with this exhibit. Program schedule will be announced at a later date.
The Meriwether Lewis Chapter offers the opportunity for people to volunteer to help with
the exhibit and associated activities: Here is how you can help: Volunteer as a docent,
presenter, or program aide. Donate to offset costs of hosting exhibit. Spread the word
about the exhibit coming to Tennessee. For mor information, send an email to Crystal
Nash of the Meriwether Lewis Chapter: lewislibrary@bellsouth.net.
** This is the end of the calendar, but check out the additional information on the following
pages **
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Sign up for a magical journey
through the White Cliffs
Once again this year, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation and two other organizations are offering a canoe
trip in July through the beautiful White Cliffs of the Missouri
River in Montana.
The river trip goes through a remote area where the air is
pure, and journeyers spend their days in canoes and time on
shore full of hiking, reading Lewis and Clark’s journals, and
enjoying evening campfires.
The non-profit Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation and its Portage Route River Chapter in Great
Falls, Montana, as well as the Montana River Outfitters, are
sponsoring the event from July 10 to July 14, which includes
the canoe trip and tours of historic sites.
During the days of canoeing, tents with cots and sleeping
pads will be set up ahead of your arrival. Meals will be
prepared by outfitters. All of this will allow you time for hiking, Enjoy views like this along the White Cliffs.
Photo by Lewis-Clark.org.
exploring, campfire chats, wildlife and bird watching, fishing,
taking photographs, and reading Lewis and Clark’s journals.
The trip will be led by guides knowledgeable about the country and its history.
The tours:
After completing the river journey, you will spend half of the day on July 13 at the Lewis and Clark
Interpretive Center in Great Falls. The center has magnificent displays that tell the expedition’s story.
After the center visit, there will be a trip to the First Peoples Buffalo Jump, an archaeologically
important Montana state park and National Historic Landmark believed to be North America’s largest
bison cliff jump.
On July 14, weather permitting, you will tour the Two Medicine Fight Site, where Meriwether Lewis
and three companions had a bitter encounter with Native Americans that ended in a fatality, possibly
two. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places. The tour will be narrated by Larry Epstein,
who was instrumental in locating the site.
White Cliffs: “Most romantic appearance”
When Lewis and Clark entered the White Cliffs in 1805,
they were delighted by the enchanted landscape.
Meriwether Lewis described 300-foot-tall white sandstone
cliffs carved into a thousand different shapes by the
vagaries of the waterway. He noted that with the help of a
little imagination, it was possible to see lofty buildings and
statuaries among the cliffs. “A most romantic appearance”
was how Lewis described it.
View of the Missouri River from the White Cliffs.
Photo by Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management.
How to sign up:
For Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
members, the cost is $1,500; for non-members, $1,600, which includes a year-long foundation
membership. A $500 non-refundable deposit is due with your RSVP by May 31. Canoeing skills are
little cause for concern; beginners are welcome. For more information, contact Georgia Kline,
gkline@lewisandclark.org or call 406-454-1234.
10Fun, learning, old friends (and make new ones)
Attend the 55th annual membership meeting of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. The meeting from June 27 to
June 30 will be hosted by Travelers’ Rest Connection in Missoula, Mont. Click here to learn more.
Click here to find out about the expedition’s time at Travelers’ Rest. The artwork above: a trail at today’s Traveler’s Rest.
Shush, now, the show’s about to begin…
Zoom videos recently posted on the LCTHF YouTube channel:
• Della Van Setten, librarian of the William P. Sherman Library and Archives at the Lewis and Clark Trail
Heritage Foundation headquarters in Great Falls, Montana, talks about items in the library and calls for support of
the library. Video length: 3 minutes and 40 seconds. Click here to watch.
• Jim Holmberg’s lecture about the explorers and their time along the Ohio River. Video length: 1 hour, and 32
minutes. View.
• Biking the Lewis and Clark Trail with Meghan Boehmer. Video length: 1 hour and 4 minutes. View.
• Women who have impacted the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. 58 minutes. View.
What’s happening
around the U.S.
Check out what the regions of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation are up to: Click here to see
their newsletters, websites, Facebook pages, YouTube channels, and more.
This monthly calendar of Lewis and Clark events throughout
the nation is brought to you by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Click here to find
Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to telling the story out how to submit
of the expedition. The organization has members living all along information for this
the 4,900-mile Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and Lewis and Clark
elsewhere throughout the nation and world. calendar.
Learn more about the organization. How to become a
member (membership is inexpensive).
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