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In View

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

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January 2011

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President’s Corner

For the better part of the past decade, Larry McClure (at left) has guided our chapter, bringing us exciting and educational speakers, recruiting dynamic new members, and fostering stewardship of the Lewis & Clark Trail. His example has inspired me to become more involved and to attempt to follow in his footsteps as he focuses on the challenges of being secretary of the national organization.

I am lucky to have such a great group of people on the board to help me on this journey, including our newest member, Dick Basch of the Clatsop-Nehalem. I think that you all will be excited about our plans for 2011 and beyond. We will continue to bring interesting “Explore More” activities to you, such as our behind-the-scenes visit to the Oregon Historical Society on January 22.

We also plan to step up our community involvement and promote trail stewardship by participating in the National Park Service planning for management of the Lewis & Clark Trail in our region. Please think about what that might mean to your community and let us know so that we can communicate that to the NPS planning group.
We are already working on a partnership with the Friends of Baltimore Woods in St. Johns to improve historical interpretation of Clark’s venture up the Willamette River. That organization is working on acquiring land to create a natural corridor along the river and has become very interested in the historical tie-in to Lewis & Clark.

Mark Johnson
markbarb2@comcast.net

Oregon Historical Society — January 22

Join us for a tour of the Oregon Historical Society’s Lewis & Clark artifacts and its Research Library on Saturday, January 22, 2011, from 10:30 to 12:30.

OHS owns several artifacts associated with the Expedition. We’ll see a 3-legged frying pan called a “spider”, a whale bone (inscribed “M. Lewi”), Lewis’s branding iron, and George Shannon’s “housewife” (sewing kit). Its peace medal is out on loan.


Marsha Matthews, OHS’s director of public services, will discuss the research that has been done on the frying pan and the provenance of the other pieces.

Geoff Wexler, research library manager at OHS, will provide an overview of the library’s collections.

We’ll meet at OHS at 1200 S.W. Park Ave., in Portland, then have lunch at 1:00 at the Old Spaghetti Factory (715 S.W. Bancroft St.). OHS is free to members; others pay admission.

To RSVP: contact Lyn Trainer, 503-246-0451 or melendym2004@yahoo.com.
Say if you belong to OHS!

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 September Glen Kirkpatrick led another informational and interesting hike on the Sandy River and Delta.

In October we visited the vintage B17 bomber and the Wings of Freedom Museum in Oak Grove, enjoying a delicious “wapato dinner”.

Our “captains” continue to plan exciting trips for us. Watch this newsletter, your mail, your e-mail, and especially the chapter website for more information and details.

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Time to Join the National Foundation

Enjoying your membership in the Oregon Chapter, but not yet a member of the National Foundation? You are missing an important opportunity to receive timely and interesting information about the L&C story and to support the stewardship of the national historic trail.

As the Foundation now settles into its post-bicentennial size with reduced staff and more-focused programming, we hope that all Oregon Chapter members will join and support our national umbrella organization. The president is Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs; the secretary is our own Larry McClure. www.lewisandclark.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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2011 Chapter Events

See the Events page for more details if available!

• Jan. 22: Oregon Historical Society (collections tour & lunch) 10:30, then lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory plus a ride on the OHSU tram
  
• March/April: Whales at Newport
  
• June/July: Canoe Paddle/L&C Campsite at Skamakowa (with PNLH)
  
• July: St. Helens/Sauvie’s Isl. flat boat tour/picnic
  
• July 31-Aug. 3: Annual Meeting in Omaha & Council Bluffs
  
• Fall: L&C at Long Beach, Washington
  
• December: Holiday Event

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Officers:

Co-Presidents	Mark Johnson '11
Vice President	Glen Kirkpatrick ’12
Secretary	Ted Kaye '11
Treasurer	Dick Hohnbaum ’12
Directors	Dick Basch ’13 Marty Boehme '11 Gentry Cutsforth '12 Thelma Haggenmiller ’13 Mary Johnson '12 Ellie McClure '11 Lyn Trainer ’13 Roger Wendlick '12 Tom Wilson '11
Ex Officio	Doug Erickson Dave Szymanksi
Director Emeritus	Keith Hay

Please contact Mark Johnson with interest in Chapter service

Journal’s For Sale

Ted Kaye saw original L&C journals at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia last month. Keith and Mary Ann Kvenvolden in Palo Alto, California have a complete set of Moulton’s Journals for sale for $500 including the Atlas. (650) 328-0414 or kvenvolden@earthlink.net.

“Ghosts of Celilo” Returns

Nine performances of “The Ghosts of Celilo” will run March 4-12, 2011, at the Newmark Theater (PCPA) in Portland.

The compelling musical, based on true stories that happened at Celilo Falls in the 50’s before the Dalles Dam flooded the famous Native American fishing site, won eight Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards. For more information: www.ghostsofcelilo.com.

Tickets via Ticketmaster: 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Holiday Luncheon and Annual Meeting
at Fort Clatsop

Over 30 people enjoyed our annual Christmas celebration at Fort Clatsop on December 4, 2010.

In our business meeting, members acknowledged Larry McClure stepping down as co-president (after four years as president) and becoming past president. (Mark Johnson fills out the term through 2011 as the sole president.) Members roundly re-elected Glen Kirkpatrick as vice-president and Dick Hohnbaum as treasurer for two-year terms through 2012. Thelma Haggenmiller and Lyn Trainer were re-elected and Dick Basch elected to three-year terms through 2013. Keith Hay (after 12 years on the board) was declared the first “director emeritus”.

David Szymanski, park superintendent, gave an overview of recent park projects. Tom Wilson spoke about how the Corps celebrated holidays. Debbie Wilson talked about the Fort Clatsop bookstore and the “Lewis & Clark National Park Association”. Chapter guests, the Woodburn scouts and scoutmaster Don Stitt, led the flag pledge.

Videos were presented and a silent auction and raffle raised funds for chapter work. Many thanks to the event organizers!

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