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Dear Friends of Lewis & Clark,
The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation was published one month ago. I am happy to report it is selling very well. I have been busy with sending out review copies and arranging for our first book tour, but now I am back to writing a monthly newsletter. It's fun to be back, and I was glad that you kept on sending me emails and stories. I would appreciate your asking your local bookstore to stock The Death of Meriwether Lewis, or if you order it from Amazon, going through our two websites' bookstore. I am available for book talks and book signings, and would love to hear from you. As you know, I like to travel. I am also doing radio interviews. We have a new website, with links to the first website.
Blogs, Podcasts and YouTube I expect to be doing a lot of new blogs, and will be venturing into audio podcasts and YouTube videos. It's time to learn some new stuff. I hope to interview you and save these stories for the future.
Ed Haley and his BMW motorcycle are joining Lewis and Clark Road Trips. Ed has traveled over 32,000 miles on the Lewis and Clark Trail. He has a CD for sale of his photos with a narrative, and will soon be offering a book with all the gps coordinates for the Lewis and Clark campsites. Ed can be seen on the home page of www.lewisandclarkroadtrips.com
Check out his entry and link to his YouTube video on the forums under Video. Contact Ed at lewisnclarktrail@gmail.com to order his CD at $24.95 plus $3.90 S&H for a total of $28.85, invoiced through PayPal.
Biddle will be back, his owner Vicki has plans.
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| Oldest bookstore in Virginia launches book |
The New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host a book talk and signing by co-authors James E. Starrs and Kira Gale on Thursday, May 28th at 12:15 p.m. Kira will be interviewed on "Charlottesville--Right Now"heard on radio station WINA on Tuesday, May 26th from 4:30-5 p.m. The co-authors will meet for the first time at this book talk!
Kira will be signing books at the Book Expo of America in New York City, from 1-1:30 on Saturday, May 30th.
Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Baltimore's Inner Harbor will host their next book talk on Monday, June 1st at 7 p.m. |
| Lewis & Clark Foundation Art Auction |
 Shown here is "Blackfoot Reflections" by Tom Gilleon, offered as one of thirty fine art works in an online art auction to benefit the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and the Interpretive Center. There is art for every budget. The auction closes on June 19th, with a live event, an outdoor art gala at Great Falls. Spread the word to your art loving Lewis and Clark friends! |
| Paddle the Columbia on June 6th |
On Saturday June 6th, there is a special opportunity to paddle the Columbia River from Skamokawa to Cathlomet with the Oregon Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. The group will meet at 8 am at the Longview YMCA. Contact Margaret Miller at 360-423-4760, mjmiller@wwestky.netfor details. |
| Bodmer-Maximilian Symposium a success |
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The Dakota Institute of the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation held the second of two symposiums on the Travels of Prince Maximilian and Karl Bodmer on April 23-26, 2009. The first one last fall was so successful that another meeting was needed to accomodate all the fine presentations. Clay Jenkinson is the director of the new institute. Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska owns the Maximilian Journals and maps, and many of the Bodmer watercolors portraying their travels in 1833-34 along much of the same route Lewis and Clark traveled. |
| New exhibits at Sioux City Center |
The Garden of Discovery at the Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center on the Missouri Riverfront showcases Lewis and Clark plants. The Center recently opened three new permanent exhibits: painted buffalo robes, traditional Lakota Sioux games, and the story of the builders of the Sgt Floyd Monument, America's first National Historic Landmark. The Sgt. Floyd Monument, located in Sioux City, is the scene of an annual reenactment on the third weekend of August, August 22nd-23rd. |
| Searching for York film shown in Oregon |
| The Cowlitz County Historical Museum hosted a showing in February of a 30 minute documentary, Searching for York, by film maker Ron Craig of Portland. The film may be seen in its entirety online at Oregon Public Broadcasting's website www.opb.org.
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| 75% off sale on Lewis & Clark Journals |
| The University of Nebraska Press is offering the paperback edition of the journals at 75% off, or $6.24 each. Use discount code XSPR9 when you call the press at 1-800-755-1105. Or go online to order. |
| Keelboat Festival at Onawa, IA June 12-14 |
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The annual festival on the second weekend of June at Lewis and Clark State Park in Onawa, Iowa is always a delight. Visitors may tour the keelboat and pirogues anchored in the water. There are programs and activities for all ages. Buckskinner music and food, crafts and displays. Dates are June 12-14th.
Middle Missouri River Lewis and Clark Network will hold a meeting on Friday, June 12, from 10-2 at the Lodge House. Everyone is welcome to attend. The meeting is open to the public. Contact Dick Williams for more info at RNWilliams2@gmail.com.
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| Nez Perce seek return of peace medal |
A peace medal given to the Nez Perce by Lewis and Clark has been found in storage at the American Museum of Natural History's South American collection. The medal was long considered to have been stolen. Albert Pinkham, a distant relative of Cut Nose, the chief who was given the medal, wants the medal returned to the tribe. It has been suggested the medal could be displayed at the Nez Perce National Historical Park museum at Spalding, Idaho. |
| Nat'l Trails Meeting at Missoula July 12-15 |
The National Trails Association will hold its 12th annual meeting in Misoula, hosted by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. The conference, July 12-15, will include tours before the conference--rafting on the Blackfoot River, a tour of Big Hole Valley, and travel over Lolo Pass. The Partnership for the National Trails System consists of 29 organizations supporting scenic and historic trails. Contact Wendy Raney at the Great Falls if you want to help with the conference or participate. wraney@lewisandclark.org
National Trails Days is June 6th. What are you doing in your community? Please let me know and I will feature it in the June newsletter.
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| In Memoriam |
Carol Grende passed away on March 9, 2009 after a long illness. Her friend Phyllis Yeager has kept us informed of her battle against leukemia. Carol's bronze sculpture of the Lewis and Clark Expedition may be seen at the Falls of the Ohio State Park. Castings of "Sacajawea's Arduous Journey" will be installed in Lewiston, Idaho, Dayton, Washington and Great Falls, Montana. A celebration of her life will take place at Big Arm, Montana on June 27th. Contact janene@sisna.com for details.
Dick Baerman, Livingston, Montana was an artist and avid Lewis and Clark buff, who passed away in March. He was a member of the committee which got the bronze statue of Sacajawea erected in the Livingston park.
Gregory Franzwa author of many guides to the trails system of America passed away on March 29th. Greg was a resident of Toole, Utah, but for many years was associated with the history of St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve, publishing their histories with his Patrice Press. His guide book series include the Lincoln Highway, the Oregon Trail, and the Sante Fe Trail. He was a founder of the Oregon-California Trails Association and the Lincoln Highway Association. |
| Annual Meeting in October this year |
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The annual meeting of the Trail Heritage Foundation will be held in October this year, to commemorate the bicetennial of the death of Meriwether Lewis. The meeting will be held at the Whispering Woods Hotel & Convention Center from October 3-7 in Olive Branch, Mississippi near Memphis, Tennessee. The conference theme is "Courage Undaunted--The Final Journey."
A respectful commemoration
A day long, public, Commemoration Ceremony at the Meriwether Lewis National Monument & Gravesite in Hohenwald, Tennessee will take place on October 7th. Discovery Expedition of St Charles reenactors will be there. Flags from many states will be flown. Meriwether Lewis's life will be celebrated.
New Visitor Center at National Monument
The National Park Service has received $4 million in funding to build a Visitor's Center at the Monument. Until now, the replica of Grinder's Stand has served as one, with no staff present. |
| Poem on Shannon won genius prize |
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Poet Campbell McGrath, a professor at Florida International University won the $280,000 MacArthur Foundation prize in 1999 for his long narrative poem, written in 15 parts, for each day George Shannon was lost. The poem is now in book form, and will soon be available as a Amazon Kindle e-book. You may order the book through our bookstore under "Featured in the Newsletter and Blogs" category. |
| Chinooks continue to seek recognition |
 A new bronze has been dedicated at the Dismal Nitch Safety Rest area on the Washington state side of the Astoria Bridge. The bronze by Gareth Curtiss commemorates the time the expedition spent trapped by storms at the "Dismal Nitch" and their friendship with the Chinook tribe.
Chairman Ray Gardner of the Chinook Tribe is going to Washington this week to attend an American Rivers board meeting and meet with U. S. Representative Bill Baird to discuss his legislative proposal to achieve federal recognition for the tribe. See the Daily Astorian (5-25-09) for details. |
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Sincerely,
Kira Gale
River Junction Press LLC kira@lewisandclarktravel.com
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Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation by James E. Starrs and Kira Gale
$16.95 368 pages
42 photos & illustrations, 5 maps
Also available in
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Get the facts--
The testimonies of the 13 expert witnesses at the 1996 Coroner's Inquest in Lewis County, Tennessee including some of the biggest names in crime scene investigation as to what might be learned if an exhumation takes place
The historic record concerning Lewis's death--twenty documents with commentary
Kira Gale's 85 page narrative
"The Case for Murder"
identifies suspects and motives
From Booklist
"Starrs and Gale's capacious, document-driven argument that Lewis was not a suicide isn't the most editorially polished of books, but should Lewis's bones make headlines, if and when they speak forensically from the grave, grassroots enthusiasm for it may take flight." |
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