August 1-4 – Foundation Annual Meeting in Lewiston, Idaho.

Saturday, June 12: Columbia River and Sloughs—Skamokawa to Cathlamet. A. Joint SWCC/LCCC/Oregon and Washington Chapters of Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation trip. Post-trip wine & cheese at Margaret’s.

Must speak personally with leader:
Margaret
360.423.4760
mjmiller@wwestsky.net

Saturday-Sunday, May 1-2: Netul (Lewis and Clark) River, Youngs River. Joint LCCC/SWCC trip. Camp at Fort Stevens. Evening entertainment at venue TBD with $10 per person cover charge, all proceeds to Columbia Riverkeepers.

Dave Graf
503.543.5743
dmgraf55@centurytel.net

Spring 2010 Washington Chapter field trip, more information to follow.

Location: Willamette Heritage Center—Mission Mill Museum, Salem Oregon
Admission: is free for members of the Oregon Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation and also free for members of the National Foundation.

A Valuable and Neglected Original Document

Happily, even after more than 200 years, previously unknown information about Lewis and Clark is still being discovered. Just such a discovery involves a letter written by Meriwether Lewis to William Linnard in Philadelphia on June 6, 1803. By all indications, this letter was heretofore unknown to most Lewis and Clark authors, scholars, aficionados, students and fans. The contents of this letter serves to correct a few misconceptions and fill in several critical gaps regarding the preparation phase of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition. Through the letter we meet some interesting historical figures as well as gaining an understanding of where and when Lewis traveled by land and how he acquired, packed and shipped his supplies from Philadelphia and Harpers Ferry to Pittsburgh.

On Thursday, March 25th, 7:00 p.m. at Willamette Heritage Center/aka Mission Mill Museum, Dye House, Lorna Hainesworth will speak on the “Lewis to Linnard Letter” along with related documents using a PowerPoint presentation and live narrative. Images of original documents are included in the presentation and attendees receive a transcript of each letter included in Lorna's talk.

Southwest Washington Regional National History Day Competition at WSU-Vancouver. Judges are needed for this important and worthwhile event. Please contact Rene Soohoo at 360-977-2371

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Not only a great Saturday presentation but bring a brown bag lunch and stay for the OR-LCTHF board meeting following the activities listed below.

Bringing History to Life: Three Lectures About Historical Projects

in the Lewis & Clark College Special Collections

Saturday, February 20, 2010, 9:30-11:30 am,
Miller 105 at Lewis and Clark College.
(To get to Miller 105 - Turn left at the first entrance to the campus and
drive to the very rear parking lot, go up the steps, first building on the left)

On February 20th the Lewis & Clark College Special Collections in cooperation with the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will host a series of three lectures by Stephen Dow Beckham, Gary E. Moulton, and Roger Wendlick. Recently all three of these individuals have spent time working on historical projects in the Lewis & Clark College Special Collections, and at this event the three will share their discoveries. This event is free to the Lewis & Clark College community and to the general public.

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Oregon Chapter event at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Miller Hall #105 with presentations by Dr Gary Moulton editor of The Journals of Lewis and Clark, and Dr Steven Dow Beckham, Chair of the Lewis and Clark College History Department and also Roger Wendlick. In addition there will be a viewing of the James Gilchrist Swan (1818-1900) Exhibit at Aubrey Watzek Library.
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Washington Chapter Meeting at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma at 10:00 AM with presentation by John Jackson discussing his new biography on Captain Lewis.

Douglas Jenkins is beginning a discussion with the volunteer coordinator about training volunteer docents who lead walking tours, and any other interested volunteers (and maybe staff) about the plants in the Lewis and Clark garden. He is making the opportunity available to anyone in the Oregon Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation who might be willing and able to provide such training.

Horticultural background is welcome, of course, but the main thrust of his inquiry is to look for background about how those plants were mentioned by Lewis and Clark, used by them, and even, if known, how the plants might have been used by early pioneers.

Volunteers will be trained in February at Grand Ronde on the Native American use of native plants in our area, so that kind of background is, at this time, less important, although welcome, of course.

Please contact him with your thoughts on the possibilities of helping with the history training needs of the Lewis and Clark Garden.

Douglas Jenkins
Group Tour Coordinator

The Oregon Garden
879 W Main St
Silverton, OR 97381
503-874-6017
503-874-8100

www.OregonGarden.org
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