This week between the holidays we’ll be offering a slightly different perspective on the Lewis and Clark story – how the Expedition has influenced our country’s pop culture. We begin today by realizing that things weren’t always as they are today… nps.gov/articles/000/lewis-a…
Just because it’s Friday…and we realize we haven’t posted anything about Seaman in a long time…
We hope this handsome Newfoundland friend will brighten your day and weekend!
Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0/Brad Geddes
ALT Just because it’s Friday…and we realize we haven’t posted anything about Seaman in a long time… We hope this handsome Newfoundland friend will brighten your day and weekend! Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0/Brad Geddes Image Description: A close-up photo of a black Newfoundland looking directly into the camera – his red tongue slightly drooping from his mouth. The background is out of focus.
Summer along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail – it doesn’t get any better than this!
Photo: American Rivers
ALT The orange hues of the setting sun silhouetting the edges of the White Cliffs of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. A mist rises off the river’s surface. In the center of the sky is a graphic, “Hello Summer!” The Lewis and Clark Trail logo is in the lower right-hand corner.
Honoring Tribal Legacies is a collection of teaching resources for use in classrooms everywhere. The project (sponsored by @NatlParkService, @uoregon, and @LewisClarkTrail) includes materials created by #Indigenous curriculum designers. Explore it here: bit.ly/3xEkYvZ
ALT Logo that reads “Honoring Tribal Legacies” in black text on white background with multi-colored triangles and rhombuses
In early March of 1804, the citizens of St. Louis had to have been a bit confused.
Learn more about the excitement of Three Flags Day: nps.gov/articles/u-s-takes-p…
ALT A color illustration of the exchanging of the French and U.S. flags. Groups of soldiers are seen in front of the governor’s home, two soldiers in the foreground are exchanging the flags on a tall pole. Citizens are watching on the right side of the image.
We’re sure Lewis and Clark would have loved to have honey to munch on as they journeyed across the continent. But, it turns out honeybees played a different, but important role on the Trail!
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Itching to get out on the Trail, but the winter’s got you #ParkedAtHome? There are so many ways you can discover the stories of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from your cozy chair! Here are a few ideas to get you started: nps.gov/articles/000/parked-…
ALT A ranger sits reclined in a chair. She is eating popcorn and holding a remote control. There is a terrarium with succulents in the foreground.
What do you do when confronted with a dangerous situation? Fight? Flee? Examples of the fight or flight are found throughout the Lewis and Clark journals. One involves Private McNeal and a grizzly bear when he was on a solo mission in the summer of 1806.
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ALT line drawing of man in tree with dog on ground
Yesterday, the citizens of Weiser, Idaho may have celebrated, after all it was the 240th birthday of the man whom the town is named for – Peter Weiser.
Not a lot is known about Weiser since he is rarely mentioned in the journals.
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ALT A three-story white stone building with a red roof. In the center of the building is a taller clock and bell tower. Steps lead to the building’s entrance, within the center section.
Aaron Arrowsmith was considered the finest mapmaker of his day. One of Arrowsmith’s 1802 map editions would be carried by Lewis and Clark, since it was the most comprehensive map of the West available at that time.
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ALT A stipple engraving of Arrowsmith – black ink on yellowed paper. He is dressed formally, wearing a puffed white shirt and double-breasted jacket. He is sitting in a stuffed-cushion chair.
There are 13 volcanic mountains in the Cascade Range that stretched from northern Washington through Oregon and into northern California. Mount Hood, which last erupted in 1781, sits approximately in the center of the chain.
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ALT A watercolor illustration of The Dalles of the Columbia River in the foreground and the peak of Mount Hood towering above in the distance.
Are you an NPS Passport stamp collector?
Bet you didn’t know that there are over 45 sites along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail where you can collect a unique stamp in your National Park Passport Book!
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ALT A Passport to America’s National Park book – one opened to a page with several round passport stamps, and one closed showing the front cover. Also shown is a round Trail Passport stamp from the Falls of the Ohio site in Indiana.
A few weeks ago we looked at the very concise last will of Meriwether Lewis which he wrote on September 11, 1809. This will was one of the many items found in the Governor’s two trunks at Grinder’s Stand.
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ALT A dark rectangular trunk, with ornate designs in leather. Two large metal latches are on the front.
The principal chief of Mitutanka, the Mandan village nearest Fort Mandan, was Shehek-Shote. Sheheke responded to Lewis and Clark’s gifts and attentions by welcoming the Corps of Discovery to the land of the Mandan.
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ALT A monotone portrait, possibly of Shehek-Shote. The profile style portrait has the man facing to the left. He has dark, shoulder-length hair. His left earlobe has a large opening from which hangs a round earring.