President's Message
Larry & Ellie McClure at the (Gateway Arch)
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Welcome to the website of the Oregon Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.
While some people think interest in Lewis & Clark will fall away now that the Bicentennial is history, here in Oregon we are simply moving to a new level of commitment.
Our congressional delegation is working to establish a new heritage area at the mouth of the Columbia, our Chapter’s first board meeting of the new year was well-attended, a year-long calendar was tentatively established, and Ted Kaye is leading us into a full-scale inventory of Lewis & Clark legacy projects.
I’m still meeting people who are impressed by the Corps of Discovery’s stories and how the Bicentennial commemoration reminded us of those lessons for 2007.
In that vein, I urge you to join Ellie and me at the foundation's national meeting this year in October. For a chance to experience the South in a sunny and mild season, join other Lewis and Clark enthusiasts in October for one of the rare times when the LCTHF annual meeting is not held in August on the Trail. Local hosts promise a variety of historic tours and local taste treats. Based near Memphis, the meeting will also include a day trip along the Natchez Trace to visit the Lewis monument. To commemorate the scientific contributions of Captain Lewis, chapters will be bringing a pressed plant documented by Lewis to be placed at the marker and later turned over to the Howenwald Museum nearby. The Oregon Chapter board will be selecting which plant to send at its June meeting.
Sincerely,
Larry McClure
President,Oregon Chapter, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation