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Dear Friends of Lewis & Clark, I had a computer power failure at the end of November, and was unable to get the newsletter out. I am back in business with a new computer. PayPal Merchandise
We are now offering four items for sale through PayPal with delivery by U S Post Office priority mail: Lewis and Clark comic books, Biddle the Bears, Lynch Dawgs, and autographed copies of my book. Send me an email telling me how you want the book inscribed. Forums Target date now is January. I will be looking forward to your contributions when we go "live." Reports, photos, videos, links to material already posted on the web, and forum entries will all be welcome. I will also be looking for Biddle photos--your very own Biddle photos and adventures. Newsletter Archives
I have posted the first eight issues of Proceeding On, from March-October, 2007, with a list of topics. Here is a link to the Proceeding on Archives. The archives are a new service of my email newsletter provider. Have happy holidays, and a great New Year!
www.lewisandclarkroadtrips.com
2007 Meritorious Achievement Award
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
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Lewis & Clark comic book by Orville Evjen
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 Orville Evjen is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of South and North Dakota. He is the artist and writer of a Lewis and Clark comic book. Like many Dakotans, Orville is also of Norwegian descent. The comic book is 196 pages, published in a paperback format. It is exciting reading; and for Lewis and Clark fans, a fascinating retelling of the story. Orville is sometimes a creative speller, as was William Clark. This is definitely a collector's item.
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"Bold Little Biddle" makes news in Missoula
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 Biddle was headline news in his hometown newspaper, the Missoulian, in Missoula, Montana on 11-25-07. Biddle's owner Vicki Correia photographed Biddle reading about himself. Kim Briggeman, who has written many Lewis and Clark stories,
interviewed me and Vicki. Vicki works part time at Traveler's Rest
State Park near Missoula. We are thinking about creating a series of
books on Biddle's adventures.
Here is the link to the article Bold Little Biddle: There once was a bear of brave pursuits who traveled famed trails of Lewis and Clark.
Biddle the Bears for sale
16 inch pot belly bears are relatives of the original Biddle. We have created embroidered red kerchiefs, reading "Biddle the Bear Lewis and Clark Trail." The new Biddles, like the original, are machine washable and dryable; and with some adventures on the trail will ultimately have that satisfying well worn, "grizzled" look seen in the above photo.
Biddle photos help publicize the trail
Biddle the Bear is a great way to promote American history and the Lewis and Clark Trail to young kids. School programs already adopt teddy bears and send them around the country to "write journals" about their experiences.
We think a Biddle the Bear makes any photo more interesting. Will you adopt a Biddle and take photos on your travels, or in your area? We will post photos and journal entries in the forums.
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Lynch Dawgs raise money for RV park
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 When the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the beautiful Niobrara River region in northeastern Nebraska they saw their first "barking squirrels" or prairie dogs on September 7, 1804. There was a 4 acre prairie dog town near "Old Baldy" the famous outcropping near Lynch, Nebraska shown here. They stopped and spent the day attempting to capture a live prairie dog by pouring gallons of water down their holes. Eventually they did capture one and kept it over the winter at Fort Mandan. The next spring the little creature made the long trip back east to President Jefferson's home at Monticello, and then to Philadelphia where he lived at Charles Willson Peale's museum on the second floor of Independence Hall.
Six Lynch Dawgs are all that are left for sale
When I brought four little "dawgs" to Charlottesville to sell,
they didn't even go on display, except for one that got a high price at
the annual meeting's benefit auction. The rest were adopted on sight by people who saw
me walking down the hall with them. These remaining six were found
hidden away in a corner in Lynch. Perhaps the women of the area will
be persuaded to resume work at their sewing machines. The sale of
Lynch dawgs has raised $14,000 for improvements to the area's RV park.
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Fort Clatsop storm damage and new book
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 Fort Clatsop in the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park suffered a great deal of storm damage on its property during the awful weather in early December. More than 500 large trees have fallen down, but fortunately the newly rebuilt replica of Fort Clatsop did not get hurt. The Fort-to-Sea-Trail is closed until further notice. There is a new book out, available from the Fort Clatsop bookstore, Fort Clatsop: Rebuilding an Image, published by the Daily Astorian ($14.95). The link is to the Fort Clatsop website bookstore.
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Eastern Legacy Trail Act passes House
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The House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring the National Park Service to study whether it is feasible or desirable to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from St. Louis to the East Coast. U. S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson from Missouri led the successful effort to pass the Eastern Legacy Trail Act, which now needs approval from the U S Senate and President Bush's signature to become law. The bill numbers are HR3616 and S1991. The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation has a history of the establishment of the national trail on its website.
Thirteen additional states will be included, adding such important Lewis and Clark sites as the White House, Monticello, Harper's Ferry, Independence Hall, Clark's Cabin, Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center, Locust Grove, the Wilderness Road, Fort Massac, George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, William Henry Harrison's Grouseland, Louis Lorimier's Red House, Cahokia Mounds, Cahokia Courthouse, Holy Family Log Church, the Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, the Cabildo, and Meriwether Lewis's gravesite on the Natchez Trace.
Lewis and Clark Road Trips has 238 Eastern Legacy sites
Check them out on the website Trip Planner. There are
64 sites in Region 1, East of the Alleghanies
61 sites in Region 2, From Pittsburgh to Cincinnati
70 sites in Region 3, From Louisville to Wood River Camp
43 sites in Region 10, New Orleans and the Natchez Trace
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Feedback from our readers
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Jack Gladstone, Blackfeet Indian presenter: Jack is a descendant of a great Blackfeet chief, Red Crow. He is a musician, singer and story teller. He has performed at Lewis and Clark events at the St Louis Arch and elsewhere, and appears regularly at Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. Visit his Jack Gladstone website to learn more. Richard Cheatham, "Captain Meriwether Lewis": Dick started the campaign to place a bust of Meriwether Lewis in the Old Capitol building in Richmond, Virginia, featured in last month's newsletter. Dick is also a well known historical interpreter who performs as Meriwether Lewis. He is the founder and director of Living History Associates LTD in Richmond. Grouseland in Vincennes, Indiana: Carol Phillips writes that Meriwether Lewis wrote a letter from Grouseland to Henry Dearborn on October 30, 1806. I had heard that Grouseland was one of the few historic buildings standing today that we know Lewis and/or Clark visited. I am glad to have it confirmed. Grouseland was the home of William Henry Harrison, Governor of Indiana Territory from 1800-1812 and President of the United States in 1840. Vincennes and nearby New Harmony are outstanding, "don't miss" places to visit on any eastern Lewis and Clark road trip.
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Featured links of the month: Lewis and Clark in northeastern Nebraska
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Have yourself a little mini, "virtual" vacation by reading on the web/buying a book/surfing the Trip Planner
Look at the digital journals on the web:
Here's a link to the Lewis and Clark journal entries for September 7, 1804
when they found the prairie dog town. The general website is
found by googling for the University of Nebraska digital project Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
 Buy the journals through my website bookstore: The entry is found in Volume 3 of the paperback edition, Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark, Up the Missouri to Fort Mandan. It is number 2(b) in my Top Fifty Lewis and Clark books. To see all the top fifty books, visit the bookstore.
Explore the region's website links on the Trip Planner:
This
is one of everybody's favorite areas on the trail, because of the
beautiful countryside and the Private George Shannon Trail, put together
by 16 very small towns in northeastern Nebraska. (Lynch's population is 269.)
 19 year old George Shannon was a member of the expedition who got lost in the area from August 28-September 11, 1804. He missed the great prairie dog adventure, which he certainly would have enjoyed. Towns on the Shannon Trail have carved wooden statues of George for you to find.
Here's a link to my
website's Trip Planner for Region 5, Nebraska and Iowa.
You will find a set of links to ten websites for attractions in the northeastern
Nebraska area, including the Shannon Trail and Ashfall Fossil Beds, a National Natural Landmark, one
of the world's greatest fossil sites.
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Photo credits: Biddle the Bear photo by Vicki Correia; Old Baldy by Lee Myers.
Please contact me with news, corrections, suggestions; and for how to order autographed copies with personal messages.
Sincerely,
Kira Gale
River Junction Press LLC
Proceeding On Archives
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Lewis and Clark
Road Trips
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Lewis and Clark Road Trips makes a great holiday gift!
Personally autographed copies available through PayPal
$29.95 plus $8.95 s&h
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Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale
$29.95, 274 pages, 161 maps, over 400 photos, full color "Reference books do not get any better than this one. It should be on every library shelf in every nook and cranny of America. It should be in the personal library of every Boy Scout, Girl Scout, and 4-H Leader." --John R. Wunder Nebraska HistoryAmazon Affiliate Bookstore |
Lewis and Clark
Comic Book
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Jefferson's Lewis & Clark Expedition: Heroes Unlimited by Orville Evjen
$17.95 plus $6.95 s&h
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Biddle the Bear
Lewis and Clark Trail
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Biddle the Bear
16 inch pot belly bear machine wash & dry
$36.95 plus $8.95 s&h
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Lynch Dawg
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Lynch Dawg
9 inch prairie dog
only six left
$34.95 plus $5.95 s&h
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Featured Sales Outlets
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If you are selling Lewis and Clark Road Trips, and are not on this list, send me an email. If you want to sell the book, visit our retail orders.
Blackfeet Nation Store Browning MT
John Heinz History Center Pittsburgh PA
Powell's Store Rare Books Section Lewis and Clark Portland OR
Columbia River Gateway Bookstore Cape Disappointment Ilwaco WA
Fort Clatsop Bookstore Astoria Oregon
Skamokawa Center Skamokawa Washington
Garst Museum Greenville Ohio
Appaloosa Museum, Moscow Idaho
Great River Road
Interpretive Center, Ste Genevieve, Missouri
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Gateway Arch, St Louis Missouri
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General Crook House Omaha Nebraska General Dodge House Council Bluffs IowaLewis and Clark Boat House and Nature Center, St Charles MissouriMissouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Center, Nebraska City NebraskaKreycik Riverview Elk and Buffalo Ranch, Niobrara NebraskaDakota Dinosaur Museum Dickinson, North DakotaLog Cabin Visitors' Center Vincennes IndianaCottonwoods Gift Shop, Fort Mandan Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Washburn North DakotaArt's Sleeping Buffalo Resort Store, Malta MontanaKlein Museum, Mobridge South DakotaPortage Cache Store Lewis and Clark National Historic Interpetive Center Great Falls MontanaSquire Boone Caverns near Historic Corydon, IndianaAtchison Visitor Information Center, Atchison KansasMuseum of the American Quilter's Society, Paducah KentuckyWestern Historic Trails Center, Council Bluffs IowaStore of Discovery, Lewis & Clark State Historic Site, Hartford Illinois |
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