CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AT LEMHI PASS THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL MESSAGE FROM HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INC. PRESIDENT NELL Incorporated 1969 under Missouri General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act IRS Exemption Certificate No. 501(C)(3) - Identification No. 51-0187715 Tue officers and directors extend a hearty OFFICERS - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE invitation to all Foundation members to President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President attend the Foundation's 21st annual Donald F. Nell Robert K. Doctk, Jr. Winifred C. George P.O.Box577 P. 0, Box 5011 62AO Rosebury Ave. 2 W meeting August 3-6, 1989. Come and Bozeman, MT 59715 Great Falls, Mr 59403 SL Louis, MO 62105 erajoy the companionship of Lewis and Wintfrcd C. George, Acting Sccrctruy JohnE. Will:cr, Treasurer Clark buffs from around the country for 6240 Rnecbwy A~ 2 W 200 Ml.Ikd. SL, Suite 1177 an exciting time of fun, education and St. Louis, MO 62105 Portlmd, OR 97201 entertainment. Lewis and Clarlc: Trail Heritage Foundatlon, Inc. Registration begins at noon, August 3, Memben;hip Sccrctaiy in the Student Union Building, Montana P.O. Box 3434, Great Falls, Mr 59403 State University, Bozeman, Montana. That DIRECTORS evening there will be a mixer and a display of artists' and authors' materials, as well Ruth Baclti::r Jamc.'i R Fazio Tom RnJf5l.lld as chapter booths. Cranford, NJ Moscow, ID Btsrnnrclt. ND Tue annual meeting formally opens Raymond L Breun Gerald Holcomb P11ti A. Thaml!Ol August 4, 1989, at 8 a.m. followed by SL Louis, MO Rochester, MN: Waukesha, WI three full days on the Lewis and Clark Malcolm Buffum Ralph Rudeen H. John Montague Trail. Although this means extensive bus Portland, OR Immcdi.atc Past. Pres. Olympia, WA travel, there will be local historians on each bus with an exceptional Lewis and ABOUT THE FOUNDATION Clark narrative about the area we will be The purpose of Iha Lewis and Clark Trilli Heritage FoundaUon, Inc., Is to stlmulale public: lnte1est In mat!ars covering. relallng to the Lewis and Clark Expodlt!an, the contrlbulions to American history mo.de by the Expedition There continues to be a growing interest members, and events of time and place conc:ern!ng the expedition which are or hlstorlc:al Import to our nation. The Foundation recognizes the value ol lourist·orlen!ed programs, and suppot1s activities which enhance the In our Foundation; our membership is anjoyment and understanding of th a Lawis and Clark story. Thesc:opaofthe actlvi!les of Iha Foundation is broad and diverse, and Includes fnvolveroont In pursuits whlc:h, In lhe judgment of the directors, are or hlstorlcal wot1h Increasing quarterly; and new chapters or con1empo1ary social value, and commensurate with the heritage of Lawis and Clark. The ai:::lfvl!les of the Nallonal Foundation are Intended to c:omplemenl and supplement those of state and local Lewis and Clark are being formed. Several Lewis and Interest groups. The Faunda!lan may approprlale!y recognize and honor !ndlvlduals or groups for art works al d'1st1ncUon, achievement In Iha broad field of Lewis and Clark hlstorlcal research, writing, or deeds which promote Clark interpretive centers, both large and the general purpose and scope al actlv111es of the Foundallon. Membershq:i In 1heorgantzatlon comprises abroad small, are In the planning stages with spectrum al Lewis and Clark enthusiasts Jnciudlng Federal, State, and local government afllc!als, historians, scholars and others ol wlde·ranglng Lewis and Clark ln!erests. Offlcem of the Foundation are elected !ram the 1992 apparently as the project completion membcrsh!p. The annual meeting of the Foundation ls tradlUonnlly held during August, the birth month ol both Medwelher Lewis and WUllam Clark. The mooting plac:e Is rotated among the states, and toura generally are date for three major centers. We will keep arranged lo visit sites In Iha areao! the annual mooting which have h!Gtorlcassodatlonwlth the Lawis and Cllllk Expedition. MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Member.ship In the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. ls open to the general publ!c. lnfonnation and an appllcalion are available by sending a reque.sl to: Membership Secretary; Lewis and Clark TraJI Heritage Foundation, Inc.; P.O. Box 3434; Great Falls, MT 59403. We Proceeded On, the quarterly magazine of the Cif/P~!J/~............... ~ ~-~·-::1 .·(~!-·.~~., ~ Foundation Is malled to currentmember.s during the months of February, May, August, and November. We Proceeded On ls the official publication of the lewis and Clar\1 Trail Heritage Founda· tlon, Inc. The publication's name Is derived from the phrase which appears repeatedly In the ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES' collective journals of the famous Expedition. E.G. CHUINARD,M.D., FOUNDER ISSN 027S·6706 General: $ 15.00 (3 years: $42.50) Sustaining: $ 2S.00 Rob~rt A. (Bob) Saindon, Editor Robert E. Lange, Editor Emeritus Supporting: $ SO.DO 172 Briarwood 5054 S. W. 26th Place Contributing: $100.00 Helena, MT 59601 Portland, OR 97201 Student ..: $ 7.50 EDITORIAL BOARD Arlen J. Large; Washington, D.C. Editorial Consultant: •_For rorelgn membership.s add: $5/year In Canada; Gary E. Moulton; Lincoln, NE Vivian A. Paladin $10/year Jn Europe; and $15/year In Asia, Australia and James P. Ronda; Youngstown, OH Helena, MT New Zealand. •• Please indicate grade and school when applying Book Review Editor: Harry Fritz, Mlssoula, MT 2 WE PROCEEDED ON MAY1989 you posted as plans progress. PROGRAM Members who feel they would like to L & C AT THE HEADWATERS become more involved in the operation of 21ST ANNUAL MEETING the Foundation, are invited to contact LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL HERITAGE president-elect Robert Doerk, Box 3434, FOUNDATION, INC. Great Falls, MT 59403, or see him at the Bozeman, MT, August 3-61989 annual meeting regarding your interests Thursday - 8/3/89 and a possible committee appointment. 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Directors' Meeting With the exception of a small stipend for 12:00 noon - 9:00 pm Registration, Strand Union Bldg., MSU our editor, we all serve for the enjoyment 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Mixer; Artists, Authors and Chapter we receive in helping preserve the heritage Booths of our country's greatest land exploration. We have several projects in the wind Friday - 8/4/89 8:00 am - 9:00 pm Registration continues relating to materials for schools and 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Tours: Gates of the Mountains, libraries. It!s our hope that these materials Montana Historical Society will present an accurate account of the 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Program and Barbecue, Expedition to many people at a reasonable Missouri Headwaters Stats Park cost. Several of these projects are Saturday- 8/5/89 dependent upon grants. If you know of 8:00 am - 6:45 pm Tour: Jefferson River Canyon, Beaver­ any possible grants, or ifyou would like to head Rock, Lemhi Pass learn more about how you can participate 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm No-Host Social Hour in these projects, please contact any 8:00 pm - 9:oo pm Leisurely Buffet Foundation director. Sunday - 8/6/89 I would like to remind Foundation 8:30 am - 9:00 am General Business Meeting members ofourtemporary archives at the 9:15 am - 9:45 am Directors' Meeting C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, 9:45 am - 12:00 noon Tour: Kelly Canyon, Clark's Pass, Montana, and welcome any Lewis and Livingston Clark materials you would like to deposit. 12:00 noon -1 :30 pm Lunch and Tour, the Depot Museum 1 :30 pm - 4:00 pm Return to Bozeman and Museum of the I would especially like to remind the Rockies scholars who have volumes of notes and 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm No-Host Social Hour papers that your heirs may appreciate 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm 21st Annual Awards Banquet• your wishes as to how to best dispose of your valuable historical items. Monday - 817/89 See you all in Bozeman August 3-6. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Board of Directors' Meeting Respectfully, • Annual Banquet Speaker, David Lavender, author of "The Way to the DON NELL, President Western Sea." (See book review, page 30-31.) THE COVER PHOTO ... fountain of the waters of the Mighty The day before arrlving at the Missouri." He went on to say that after Divide, McNeal was ordered to · This 1981 photo by Bob Saindon they refreshed themselves with. this carry the U.S. flag on a pole, and was taken at Lemhi Pass in the "pure and Ice-cold water, . [th.ey] plant It in the ground wherever Bitterroot Mountains on the present proceeded on to the top of the dividing they halted or encamped. We can Montana/Idaho border. The view ridge. from which [they] discovered assume that he was still carrying Is to the west, from the very place !mmence ranges ofhlghmountains still it as the four men crossed the Captain Meriwether Lewis, George to the West ofus with their tops partially Dlvide onto foreign soil. In any Drewyer, and Privates John SWelds covered witl1 snow." case, theywere the 1lrstAmerlcans and Hugh McNeal crossed the The pass aver the "di'(iding rldge," to carryour country's flag over the Continental Dlvide, August 12, later named "Lemhi Pass," was Divide. 1805. commonly used by the Shoshone Historic Lemhi Pass and the The four men had. gone ahead. of Indians who migrated annually from "most distant fountain" are two of the main party of the Lewis and the livers west of the Dlvide; where they the featured sites to be visited Clark Expedition in search of fished In the summer, to the plains of during .the Founda4on's twenty- Shoshone IIl.dlans.