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In View

Official Newsletter of the Oregon Chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

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September 2008

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President's Corner

Starting with the April wildflower tour in the Columbia Gorge, each of our Explore More trips attracts potential and current members who remain fascinated with the Lewis & Clark story. Even more exciting to me as a former educator, some lucky students are also getting a first-hand experience following the Trail in Oregon. As we first reported several years ago, David Ellingson created a new semester-long integrated science and history class at Woodburn High School which has a large Hispanic and Russian population. He takes the students on two camping trips in the Gorge to gather plant specimens where the Corps first encountered them and out to Fort Clatsop. I once visited his classroom and was amazed to see how he used Lewis & Clark’s examples to teach modern science concepts. He will be teaching this annual course again starting in January. If you want to arrange a visit, let me know.

Watch the Chapter website and your mail for a unique opportunity to meet Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, daughter of Undaunted Courage author Stephen Ambrose and an author in her own right. Hosted by Mike Carrick and his wife Beverly near Salem, the event (planned for the afternoon of Nov. 22 POSTPONED) will offer a close-up look at Mike’s extensive weaponry collection, including his latest acquisition: an air gun similar to Lewis’s. Mike will also let participants fire the rifle and examine other artifacts of the period.

Stephenie is on the Foundation’s board and lives in Helena, Montana where she and her family frequently traveled the Trail as she grew up. She leads her own expeditions on the Missouri. Her latest book is Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from the Lewis & Clark Trail. Stephenie will be accepting donations or pledges for the Foundation’s Third Century Fund, an endowment to help underwrite WPO, education projects, and other priorities.

Larry McClure

You can still order Land’s End clothing with the Foundation name/logo on it directly from Land’s End.
http:// ces.landsend.com/LCTH

The “Third Choice on the Ballot” — October 25 at Mosier

Follow the intrepid Roger Wendlick as we visit a site that Lewis & Clark considered “a favorable situation” for the Corps of Discovery’s 1805-06 winter camp.
Although the eventual site of Fort Clatsop on Oregon side at the mouth of the Columbia won the famous “vote”, come explore the alternative preferred by several Corps members, including Sacagawea.

This field trip begins at 10:00 a.m. at a large house two miles east of Mosier, Oregon, on the old Highway 30 (watch for Roger’s “pointy finger” sign on left).

We will hike less than a mile through an orchard to see the “L&C site that might have been.” Bring your lunch and water and dress for the weather.

For carpooling and lastminute details, contact Ellie McClure, 503-476- 4882 or email ellie.mcclure@gmail.com!

Chapter Activities

Explore More!

Thelma Haggenmiller and Lyn Trainer lead Explore More!, a series of chapter trips which include a Lewis & Clark connection but also help members learn about other historical and cultural events that happened since that time.

In June we toured Lewis & Clark’s “Wapato Island” with the helpful guidance of Mark Nebeker (Manager of the Sauvie Island Wildlife Area). We visited the famed “sunken village” and saw extensive wildlife and flora.

In July we joined the S.W. Washington Canoe Club, paddling seven miles through two sloughs and on the Columbia in L&C’s wake.

In August we visited the Ridgefield National Wildlife Reserve and toured the new Plank House and the original Cathlapotle village site where the Corps visited.

Volunteer Kate Mueller-Wille explains the history of the longhouse at Cathlapotle and the people who built the village of 14 such longhouses, some 200 feet long, at the confluence of the Lake and Columbia Rivers.

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Website Photo Gallery Growing!

Chapter webmaster Gavin Anderson and Mark Johnson manage our online chapter photo gallery — check out over 400 great images of Chapter Events by going to www.or-lcthf.org and clicking on “Pictures.”

Please feel free to add more from your own collection. If you have question about how to get set up to do this, please contact Mark Johnson (Mark.Johnson@or-lcthf.org).

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Oregon Chapter's
Name Badges

Send $10.00 and your name (as you want it to appear), to Dick Hohnbaum, 6916 Wheatland Lane N., Keizer, Oregon 97303. Make checks payable to OR-LCTHF. (click the picture above to see a larger image.)

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2008 Chapter Events

Save These Dates!

• Sept. 13 Boat Tour at Ilwaco, Wash. POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT YEAR
  
• Oct. 25 Tour of the Proposed L&C Winter Campsite at Mosier
  
• Nov. 22 Stephenie Ambrose Fundraiser (see President’s Letter)
• Dec. 6 Annual Holiday

Visit our website for more details, and contact Larry McClure with ideas or offers to help!

Officers:

President	Larry McClure '09
Vice President	Doug Erickson '08
Secretary	Ted Kaye '09
Treasurer	Dick Hohnbaum '08
Directors	Mike Carrick '08 Gentry Cutsforth '09 Thelma Haggenmiller ’10 Keith Hay '10 Mark Johnson ‘08 Glen Kirkpatrick '09 Ellie McClure '08 Lyn Trainer '10 Roger Wendlick '09

Please contact Larry McClure if you are interested
in serving on the Chapter’s Board or Committees

Holiday Dinner — December 6 at Fort Clatsop

We will celebrate Christmas in Fort Clatsop’s Netul Room with a potluck dinner starting 4:30 p.m. on December 6, 2008, the eve of the 203rd anniversary of the Fort’s move-in day.

Our host will be Dave Szymanski, the superintendent of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Park, which comprises Fort Clatsop and 11 other sites in Oregon and Washington. Cultural Resource Officer Deborah Wood, who recently compiled a handy resource on Coastal tribes, will also speak. Dick Basch, the NPS staff liaison to Trail tribes and member of the Clatsop-Nehalem Tribe, will welcome us to his homeland and deliver the opening blessing.

Come earlier that day to visit other Lewis & Clark sites in the area and the new fort replica which is a must-see in the gathering darkness of December. The cost of the dinner is $5 per person to cover a Honey-Baked Ham. The chapter board will provide hot side dishes. Members are invited to bring appetizers, salads, or desserts. Bring your own table service and beverages. Coffee and tea will be provided. Please RSVP to Dick Hohnbaum (hohnbaum@aol.com) 503-390-2886, if you plan to attend. Pay at the door or mail it to Dick at: 6916 Wheatland Lane N., Keizer, OR 97303.

The Inventory Project Continues

Our chapter is collecting information on over 100 Oregon L&C sites, centers, collections, artwork, trails, and other related locations. 16 sites have been documented so far.

This is YOUR opportunity to choose a site or two to visit, document, and help preserve. Please visit the chapter website for full information about the project and to sign up for your sites!

Ted Kaye is leading this project. Contact him for details: (tedk2005@aol.com; 503-223-4660).

Filmmaker Ron Craig and his team have completed their half-hour documentary Search for York, with support from the Foundation, NPS, and OPB. It will debut at the Astoria International Film Festival (www.goaiff.com) in the Liberty Theater on October 25 at 7:00 PM, followed by a Q&A session led by the director and the producer. It will air in November 2008 on OPB’s “Oregon Experience”. (www.opb.org)

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