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Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL In this issue- HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INC. Page 4- Incorporated 1969 under Missouri General Not-For-Profit Corporation -Act IRS Exemption Certificate No. 501( C)(3)-ldentification No. 51-0187715 Colonel Gibbon Tracks OFFICERS ACTIVE PAST PRESIDENTS Lewis and Clark Arlen Large President Irving W . Anderson J. Robert E. Gatten, Jr. Portland. Oregon 3507 Smoketree Drive Page 10- Greensboro, NC 274 10 Robert K. Doerk, Jr. Great Falls. Montana First Vice President Men in High Spirits­ James R. Fazio L. Edwin Wang Humor on the 6013 Sr. johns Avenue Moscow. Idaho Minneapolis. MN 55424- 1834 V. Strode Hinds Lewis and Clark Trail Second Vice President Sioux City. Iowa Joseph A. Mussulman Clyde G. (Sid) Huggins Arlen j. Large 2303 Lakeshore Drive Washington. D.C. Page 15- Mandeville, LA 70448 H. john Momague Secretary Portland. Oregon Patterns of the Missouri River Barbara Kubik Donald F. Nell V. Strode Hinds 17 12 S. Perry Court Bozeman. Montana Kennewick, WA 99337 William P. Sherman Page 21- Treasurer Portland. Oregon H. john Momague Lewis and Clark On the 2928 NW Verde Vis ra Terrace L. Edwin Wang Portland. OR 97210·3356 Minneapolis. Minnesota Inf ormation Superhighway Immediate Past President Wilbur P. Werner jay Rasm ussen SEUart E. Knapp Mesa. Arizona 13 17 South Black Bozeman. MT 5971 5 Page 22- DIRECTO RS AT LARGE Wish You Were Here- A David Borlaug Harry Hubbard Darold W. Jackson James M. Peterson Washburn. North Dakora Seattle. Washington St. Charles. Missouri Vermillion. South Dakota Discussion of Lewis's journal Judith Edwards Jane Schmoyer-Weber Philip C. Althen Ludd A. Trozpek Entry at the Great Fa lls Gfen Head. New York Grear Falls, Monrana Stevensville, Monrana Claremont. California Joyce A. McDonough Cynthia Orlando Lewis and Clark Trail Hericage Foundation, Inc. Astoria, Oregon Membership Secretary P.O. Box 3434. Great Falls. MT 59403 Page 26- ABOUT THE FOUNDATION News Update The purpose of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., is to stimulate public Interest In matters relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the contributions to American history made by the Expedition members, and events of time and place concerning the expedition which are of historical import to our nation. The Foundation recognizes the value of tourist-oriented programs, and supports activities which enhance the emjoyment and understanding of the Lewis and Clark story. The scope of the activities of the Foundation is broad and diverse, and includes involvement MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION in pursuits which, in the judgment of the directors, are of historical worth or contemporary social value, and commensurate with the heritage of Lewis and Clark. The activities of the National Foundation are intended to Membership in the Lewis and Clark Trail complement and supplement those of stale and local Lewis and Clark interest groups. The Foundation may appropriately recognize and honor individuals or groups for art wor1<s of distinction, achievement in the broad field of Heritage Foundation, Inc. is open to the general Lewis and Clark historical research, writing, or deeds which promote the general purpose and scope of activities of public. Information and an application are avail­ the Foundation. Membership in the organization comprises a broad spectrum of Lewis and Clark enthusiasts including federal, stale, and local government officials, historians, scholars and others of wide-ranging Lewis and Clark able by sending a request to: Membership Sec­ interests. Officers of the Foundation are elected from the membership. The annual meeting of the Foundation is traditionally held during August, the birth month of both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The meeting place is retary; Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Founda­ rotated among the states, and tours generally are arranged to visit sites in the area of the annual meeting which have tion, Inc.; P.O. Box3434; Great Falls, MT59403. historic association with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. We Proceeded On, the quarterly magazine of the Foundation, is mailed to current members during the months of February, May, August, and November. .~- ~ · ~ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES* Regular ~ ....<A> ....~ ~ • • $ 30 .00 . ·~ Family 40.00 CWe Proceeded On is lhe official publicalion of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. International 40.00 The publication's name is derived from the phrase which appears repeatedly in the collective journals of the famous expedition. Heritage Club 50.00 Regular-3 Yr. 80.00 E.G. CHUlNARD, M.D., FOUNDER ISSN 0275-6706 Explorer Club 100.00 Jefferson Club 150.00 Martin L. Erickson. Edicor Discovery Club 500.00 1203 28th Street South #82 1,000.00 Grear falls, MT 59405 Expedition Club Leadership Club 5 ,000.00 EDITORIAL BOARD Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. is a tax exempt Robert C. Carriker; Spokane. WA Edicorial Consultant: nonprofit corporation: 501(c)(3), IRS identification no. 51· Arlen J. Large: Washington. D.C. Vivian A. Paladin 0187715. Individual membership dues are not tax deductible. The portion of premium dues over $30 is lax deductible. Robert R. Hunt. Searcle. WA Helena. MT 2 WE PROCEEDED ON MAY 1996 by Robert E. Gatten, Jr. Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Executive A number of important planning initiatives are Director jay Vogt has resigned from his position ef­ underway. The finance committee, under the leader­ fective March 31, 1 996. During the latter portion of ship of Ed Wang, is preparing a long-term financial 1 995, Jay's duties in his other position with the State strategy for the foundation. The planning and devel­ of South Dakota increased substantially and he was opment committee, led by Sid Huggins, is working unable to devote an appropriate amount of effort to on a mission statement for the foundation; the draft the work of the foundation. jay and the board of statement will be submitted to the board for consid­ directors realized the situation could not remain as it eration and endorsement. In addition, the Planning was and jay submitted his resignation. Following and Development Committee will, after approval of consultation with and approval from the board, the the new mission statement, begin work on specific executive committee considered the matter of re­ goals and objectives that follow logically from the placing jay and has appointed Barbara Kubik to the mission statement. The P&D Committee is also pre­ position of interim executive director, effective April paring a list of equipment, furniture and other items 1, 1996. Barb brings to the position a detailed needed for the permanent office of the executive knowledge of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and director. The past presidents' council, under the di­ the history of the Northwest and considerable expe­ rection of Stu Knapp, is preparing a recommenda­ rience in working as a historian. We very much look tion on the establishment of the foundation's head­ forward to her work for the foundation. Please direct quarters and the location of the permanent office of all correspondence to Barb Kubik, 1 712 S. Perry the executive director; the most likely site is the Court, Kennewick, WA 99337. (P1·esident's Message continued on page 31) . .... ?s; ( What makes We Proceeded On the wonderful:, \ the expedition. Writing about common everyday readable magazine that it is? Why do WPO readers things we might not think about such as the sounds write the editor about whatever and down in the and humor of the expedition is his specialty. corner of the letter is a handwritten note saying " ... I There are many others who contribute and each read it from cover to cover, unlike other magazines I one adds a bit of knowledge to our understanding of receive ... " I got to thinking about that the other day the expedition and the events surrounding it. History and the more I thought about it, the more I realized is most often not some grand and sweeping epic, it it was the people who write the variety of articles we is a series of small everyday events. The journey that print every issue. .~ is the Lewis and Clark Expedition is made up of the Take Arlen j. Large, for example. 8e makes history Corps of Discovery advancing two to twenty-five eminently readable and understandable. Whether he miles a day, grinding it out, surviving day to day is writing about mastedon bones or maps he writes whether in the heat on the Great Plains, blinding in a style that makes history come alive. Or, how snow in the Bitterroot Mountains or the drizzly rain about Robert Hunt? He fills in the details on the on the Oregon coast. It is ordinary men and a small things on the expedition. He writes about how woman with a small child dealing with the unknown bothersome the mosquitoes were and how many and making it known day after day after day. and what kind of tents were used. And then there is The overall result of the expedition was an epic one of our newest contributors, Joseph Mussulman, accomplishment, one never to be matched in the whose lyrical phrases create a sense of the flow of (Editor's Note continued on page 30) -- ·-· .--- - ·-: ,.,,, ON THE COVER-A replica of the keelboat used by Lewis and Clark will be visited during the 28th Annual Meeting in Sioux City, Iowa, August 4~7. The boat is shown being pulled by ropes. Photo by v Strode Hinds MAY 1996 WE PROCEEDED ON 3 by Arlen J. Large Gibbon himself won some no­ stationed at Fort Shaw, an Army ore than a century tice during the Civil War as a mid­ post on the Montana plains some ago one of the Lewis level commander whose federal 25 miles west of modern Great and Clark division took the brunt of Pickett's Falls.
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