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Dear Friends of Lewis & Clark, I am late with the February newsletter. I apologize. I have been busy with research on the post-expedition time period; and working on the historic campsite maps and forums. I save print outs each month to possibly use in the newsletters, but some of it got mixed up with my other materials and it all had to be sorted out. Now I am better organized with some new filing systems and the forums are a reality, so I think I should be back on schedule at the end of this month. Thank you for your continued support! I like hearing from you.
I am really excited about the maps on the forums showing the actual campsite locations of the expedition. I have finished putting the maps up for 7 out of 9 regions, and need to proceed over the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean with posting maps. There are 129 local maps in all, showing the location of 573 campsites. Read about it at the Study Group page on the website, or visit the forums.
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Retail Orders: It's time to stock up on the Lewis and Clark Road Trips book! It's that time of year. If you are a gift shop manager, please feel free post a notice about your store in the Travel Forums. (And if you know a gift shop manager, pass the word!)
Trip Planner: This is also the perfect time of year to plan a vacation. I will definitely be going to the annual meeting at Great Falls, and hope to see many of you there! We have a lot of fun at the annual meeting, and DESC now joins us. The Teachers Workshop is new this year, and the special camp for teenagers.
I would love to go to Pittsburgh and ride the Duchesne Incline and then travel the back roads to Lancaster for the meeting of the Philadelphia Chapter, September 26-28th. That's my "dream vacation."
Kira kira@lewisandclarktravel.com
www.lewisandclarkroadtrips.com
2007 Meritorious Achievement Award
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
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Power Plant on Portage Route stalls out
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Federal Funding on hold
Plans for the Highwood Generating Station, a proposed coal-fired power plant to be located east of Great Falls, Montana near the Lewis and Clark Portage Route, a National Historic Landmark, have been dealt a major setback.
The White House has directed that none of the $7.1 billion dollars of funds available in 2008 for electricity projects can be used for nuclear or coal-fired generating plants. Funding is also doubtful for 2009. Concerns over carbon emissions have been raised in Congress. Plans for 20 coal-fired plants were cancelled in 2007 and three dozen more were delayed. The federal Rural Utility Service was to have provided 85% of the Highwood plant funding; the total cost of the project is now estimated at $720-790 million.
Mercury emission limits
Two environmental groups, the Montana Environmental Information Center and Citizens for Clean Energy, sent a letter last week charging that the state air quality permit issued for the project is invalid due to a recent federal court ruling concerning mercury emission limits. The permit is being appealed before the Montana Board of Environmental Review.
Read more about it at the MEIC Power Plant Watch. Thanks to Julie Teuschler of the DESC for keeping us informed about this issue. We featured this story in our first issue in March, 2007 and then again in September, 2007.
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Burial record found for Sacagawea's daughter
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 Two more important records have been found regarding the fate of Sacagawea's little girl, Lisette. In last month's newsletter I wrote about the lost Orphan's Court record book that was recently found, documenting that William Clark became the guardian of Sacagawea's two children on August 11, 1813. (Or more precisely, that John Luttig did, and Clark's name was later substituted.)
To read more about it, visit my blog, Sacagawea's children in St Louis.
This the second of three blogs I will write on the lives of her
children. The story of Jean Baptiste's adult life is truly remarkable
and will be the subject of my final blog.
Two Contradictory Burial Records
Bob Moore, the historian at the Arch, discovered two burial records at the St. Louis Old Cathedral (shown at the top of this page). One was for a "one year old Shoshone girl, the daughter of Toussaint Charbonneau," who was buried on August 30, 1813. The other was for a 21 year old Lisette, identified as a Shoshone ("savage of the nation of snakes), who was buried on June 16, 1832. Certainly two contradictory records, right?
It seems likely that the first little girl was Lisette's half sister, and that her mother, Otter Woman, was Charbonneau's other Shoshone wife. Otter Woman must have accompanied Lisette to St. Louis and served as her wet nurse and step mother, while sadly losing her own daughter.
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Free ads, free publicity
Do you represent a business/organization/institution related to the Lewis and Clark Trail? You are welcome to post your message in the forums for travel, program presenters, or other appropriate forums.
All the forums accept JPEG photos, videos, MS Word documents, web links and email addresses.
The forums are:
--Trail Travel
--Study Group and Historic Campsites Map Project
--Photo and Video Gallery
--Biddle the Bear
--Program Presenters
--Writer's Corner
--Lewis and Clark for Teachers
--Lewis and Clark for Students
--Favorite Websites and Books
--Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
Visit the forums directly at: www.lewisandclarkforums.com
To learn more about connecting the Lewis and Clark story to geographic places, visit the study group at: www.lewisandclarkstudygroup.com
In order to help you get acquainted with posting on forums, I have prepared a "Guide Post to Using Forums," which is available at the study group page or on the top forum. You can download and print it.
You can always visit the forums and read the entries without registering. To post an entry you have to register and supply your name and email address. You can use a screen name for posting.
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Annual Meeting in Great Falls August 10-13
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 The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will hold its 40th annual meeting in Great Falls Montana this year. The theme this year is "Using Maps as Metaphors: Tracing the Journey."
Pay before July 1st and save between 22%-34%.
The neat thing about attending the annual meeting is that the cost of 3 days of meals and tours during the meeting are included in the initial registration fee of $350. (It goes up to $450 after July 1st.) There are no extra charges, except for the optional Banquet for the Third Century which precedes the meeting on Saturday, August 9th. All day Tuesday, August 12th, is devoted to touring with the group.
Great opportunity to have fun with your kids/grandkids
Think of it, you get to have fun, and they get to have fun with their own activities. There were a fair number of kids at last year's meeting at Charlottesville. How special to create these memories! They toured with us, but had their own activities during the meetings.
Pre and post meeting tours: Optional tours are offered before and after the meeting dates. They include: Lolo Trail Motorcoach Tour, White Cliffs Family Adventure Float, and an Encounter Site Tour.
Teacher's Workshop: A workshop will be offered with course credit for attending. The workshop is included in the registration fee. Continuing education credits are available at an additional cost.
Camp Pomp (ages 6-11) and Teen Outdoor Adventure Camp: Youth activities are available for an additional cost.
DESC Re-enactors:(Discovery Expedition of St Charles) will be there with their tents and activities.
 Biddle Buddy Club First Annual Meeting: We will meet in conjunction with the Trail Heritage Foundation meeting. A teddy bear fashion show is planned and many photo opportunities.
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Foundation offers $13,900 in grant money
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The Foundation offers grant money to projects that further the mission of the foundation, "Keepers of the Story--Stewards of the Trail." See page 34 of the current issue of We Proceeded On or visit the foundation website for more information.
DEADLINE IS MARCH 15, 2008.
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Discovery Expedition publishes book
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 The Discovery Expedition of St Charles (DESC) is taking orders on a book which features the biographies of 258 members. They are looking for people to order the book before March 19th, at the low price of $25 plus $5 postage. After that the price will go up to $45-55 per book. The number of books at pre-publication price will determine the print run.
Collector's Item
The DESC probably did more than any single group to make the bicentennial a success. Their story will become the cornerstone of the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This is a collector's item!
The DESC is also very pleased to be acquiring new members. Dues are $25 a year and the deadline is March 31st.
To order the book, or get a membership application, contact Betty Kluesner at LAKluesner@aol.com. Betty is also the administrator of the Yahoo DESC discussion group, which you may join by simply signing up.
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Please contact me with news, corrections, suggestions; and for how to order autographed copies of Lewis and Clark Road Trips with personal messages. The photo of the Cathedral is by Tom Danisi, and the photo of the St. Charles Drum and Fife Corps is by Betty Kluesner (DESC).
Sincerely,
Kira Gale
River Junction Press LLC
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Lewis and Clark
Road Trips
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The perfect gift for someone planning to travel the trail
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 |
Biddle the Bear
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Biddle the Bear
16 inch pot belly bear machine wash & dry
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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.
Headwaters Heritage Museum & Gift Shoppe Three Rivers MT
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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