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155891 WPO 43.2 Inside WSUP C.Indd MAY 2017 VOL 43 NO 2 LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION • Black Sands and White Earth • Baleen, Blubber & Train Oil from Sacagawea’s “monstrous fish” • Reviews, News, and more the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal VOLUME 11 - 2017 The Henry & Ashley Fur Company Keelboat Enterprize by Clay J. Landry and Jim Hardee Navigation of the dangerous and unpredictable Missouri River claimed many lives and thousands of dollars in trade goods in the early 1800s, including the HAC’s Enterprize. Two well-known fur trade historians detail the keelboat’s misfortune, Ashley’s resourceful response, and a possible location of the wreck. More than Just a Rock: the Manufacture of Gunflints by Michael P. Schaubs For centuries, trappers and traders relied on dependable gunflints for defense, hunting, and commerce. This article describes the qualities of a superior gunflint and chronicles the evolution of a stone-age craft into an important industry. The Hudson’s Bay Company and the “Youtah” Country, 1825-41 by Dale Topham The vast reach of the Hudson’s Bay Company extended to the Ute Indian territory in the latter years of the Rocky Mountain rendezvous period, as pressure increased from The award-winning, peer-reviewed American trappers crossing the Continental Divide. Journal continues to bring fresh Traps: the Common Denominator perspectives by encouraging by James A. Hanson, PhD. research and debate about the The portable steel trap, an exponential improvement over snares, spears, nets, and earlier steel traps, revolutionized Rocky Mountain fur trade era. trapping in North America. Eminent scholar James A. Hanson tracks the evolution of the technology and its $25 each plus postage deployment by Euro-Americans and Indians. Full Color, perfect bound, 8 x 11 inches ISBN: 978-0-9973143-1-1 Bad Pass Trail: Gateway between the Wind and Yellowstone Rivers To order visit our website at by Mike Bryant www.mmmuseum.com This 30-mile corridor, in use since prehistoric times, connects two important watersheds and provides a or call 307-367-4101 Toll Free 1-877-686-6266 detour around the 1,000-foot-deep Big Horn Canyon. Use of the trail by mountain men is documented from 1805 through the end of the rendezvous era. MUSEUM of the MOUNTAIN MAN Sublette County Historical Society P.O. Box 909 | 700 E. Hennick St. | Pinedale, Wyoming 82941 tel. 307-367-4101 | [email protected] In this Issue: Message from the President ....................................................3 Lewis and Clark Roundup .......................................................6 Feature: Black Sands and White Earth of Lewis and Clark on the “Borders of the Pacific Ocean” ....................................8 By John Jengo Haystack Rock - Cannon Beach, Oregon, p. 8 Feature: Baleen, Blubber & Train Oil from Sacagawea’s “monstrous fish” ................................................24 By John W. Fisher A blue whale washed up in Oregon, p. 24 Review: Deur, Empires of the Turning Tide: A History of Lewis and Clark National Historic Park and the Columbia-Pacific Region. .........31 reviewed by Ted Kaye Maximilian, Travels in North America, 1832-1834: A Concise Edition of the Journals of Prince Maximilian of Wied ...............32 reviewed by Robert Clark Off the Trail: The Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park ...................................... Inside Back Cover By Jerry Wilson Front cover: Haystack Rock at sunset in Cannon Beach, Oregon - photo courtesy of John Jengo. Back cover: Long Beach, Washington, from Bells Tower - photo courtesy of John Jengo. We Proceeded On welcomes submissions of articles, proposals, inquiries, and letters. Writer’s guidelines are available by request and can be found on our website, lewisandclark.org. Submissions may be sent to Robert Clark, WSU Press, P.O. Box 645910, Pullman, WA 99164- 5910, or by email to [email protected]. The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 3434, Great Falls, MT 59403 406-454-1234 / 1-888-701-3434 May 2017 Membership Information Fax: 406-727-3158 www.lewisandclark.org Volume 43, Number 2 Membership in the Lewis and Clark Trail We Proceeded On is the official publication Heritage Foundation, Inc. is open to the public. UR MISSION Information and applications are available by O : of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage As Keepers of the Story~Stewards of Foundation, Inc. Its name derives from writing Membership Coordinator, Lewis and the Trail, the Lewis and Clark Trail a phrase that appears repeatedly in the Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, P. O. Box Heritage Foundation, Inc. provides collective journals of the expedition. © 2017 3434, Great Falls, MT 59403 or on our website, national leadership in maintaining the lewisandclark.org. integrity of the Trail and its story through E. G. 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Carriker Robert Moore, Jr. The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit Jerry Wilson, Versailles, IN Spokane, WA St. Louis, MO corporation. A portion of your dues may be tax Mark Weekley (ex-officio-NPS), Omaha, NE Carolyn Gilman Gary E. Moulton deductible. Donations are fully deductible. STAFF Washington, DC Lincoln, NE Lindy Hatcher, Executive Director James Holmberg Philippa Newfield Joy Renee Arnold, Office Administrator Louisville, KY San Francisco, CA Shelly Kath, Library Technician Lora Helman, Accountant • Book Reviews • 2017 Annual Meeting Invitation President’s Message BACK ISSUES (1974–current) The views and opinions expressed in articles and features published in We Proceeded On All back issues of our quarterly historical are those of the authors and contributors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Lewis 2017 Volume 43, No. 1 journal are available. Some of the older and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, its February officers and board, or staff. Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation issues are copier reproductions. Orders for Clark’s Yellowstone River Canoe Camp a collection of all back issues receive a 30 We Proceeded On is published four times a year in February, May, August, and November percent discount. Order your missing issues by Washington State University Press in to complete your set. Call 1-888-701-3434, Pullman, Washington, for the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, P.O. Box mail your request to P.O. Box 3434, 3434, Great Falls, Montana 59403. Current issue: May 2017, volume 43, No. 2, ISSN Great Falls, MT 59403, or order at 02275-6706 [email protected]. Incorporated in 1969 under $10 originals or cds Missouri General Not-For-Profit lus Remembering Peter S. Hockaday P The Townsend Black Snake $4 shipping & handling Corporation act. IRS Exemption Certificate No. 501(c)3, Identification No. 510187715. 2 We Proceeded On E Volume 43, Number 2 A Message from the President Funding was more than adequate We have continued publication of as many of the federal agencies— the our journal, We Proceeded On, and National Park Service (NPS), United past issues are now available on line, States Forest Service (USFS), Bureau thanks to the work of Kris Townsend of Land Management (BLM), Army and Dan Sturdevant. We have reinsti- Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Rec- tuted both an online and print version lamation (BR), and others— played a of our newsletter, The Orderly Report. role in ensuring inclusiveness, suffi- Sue Buchel, Ella Mae Howard, Shelly Phillip Gordon and President Philippa Newfield cient resources, and safety of all par- Kath, and the William P. Sherman ticipants including presenters, reenac- Library and Archives Committee have The Bicentennial Plus Ten ters, and the public. Many members of been organizing the archives, process- More than ten years have passed the LCTHF held leadership positions ing the accession of the the Don Nell since the 2003 to 2006 Bicentennial for their agencies including Dick Ficht- Visual Resource Collection, develop- Commemoration of the Lewis and ler (BLM), Margaret Gorski (USFS), ing an oral history program, and mak- Clark Expedition. This is a good time Mike Loesch and Paige Cruz (Army ing the library’s collections available to assess what we have accomplished Corps of Engineers), Steve Moore- online. since then, where we stand now, and house (BR), and Dick Williams (NPS). Our membership continues to orga- where we need to go to achieve our Jan Donelson, current president of the nize and participate in local, regional, goals. Discovery Expedition of St Charles, and annual meetings of chapters and and Katie Bump, USFS at Lemhi Pass, the LCTHF. Through these pro- LCTHF Members in the were also important participants. grams our members reach out to our Bicentennial friends and partner organizations. The By all accounts, the Bicenten- Since the Bicentennial involvement of the NPS in the 2016 nial was a heady time.
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