LCBO Calendar Archive

Signature Event

November 11 - 15, 2005: Destination: The Pacific. This is Oregon’s Bicentennial Signature Event, one of 14 sanctioned by the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. Contact Destination: The Pacific at (503) 861-4403.

Link to more Signature Event information.

Ongoing Events

Charles Fritz: An Artist with the Corps of Discovery,canvases by the master painter depict the natural settings experienced by the Expedition, ongoing through January 9, 2005. Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon. www.ohs.org

Oregon, My Oregon, new, permanent exhibit opened in July 2004 at the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon. One area is devoted to the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

September 2003 - September 2006: Lewis and Clark College Educational Programming. Lewis and Clark College is designing educational programs for adults that emphasize the lasting legacy of the expedition in the context of the American Enlightenment that celebrated the primacy of reason over tradition, fostered the discovery of natural laws, encouraged the collection of objects, ideas, and information. These annual educational symposiums and exhibits will engage diverse audiences in exploring the expedition’s intellectual legacy. During each year of the Bicentennial observance, the College will mount programs around an annual theme. Contact: Sherry Manning, Lewis & Clark College, (503) 768-7207.

Ongoing through mid-2006 Cargo Exhibit: This exhibit at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles, Oregon, interprets the equipment and supplies of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Exhibit features include Indian Presents, Arms & Accoutrements, Medicines, Camp Equipment & Provisions, Transportation, Mathematical Instruments, Clothing and much, much more. Contact: Renee Walasavage @ 541-296-8600. www.gorgediscovery.org

The Rivers Discovery Project will commemorate Lewis and Clark’s journey along the Columbia, Willamette, and Sandy Rivers through the installation of interpretive signs at 14 historically significant sites. Currently, these important sites either do not have signs explaining their importance, or the signs are damaged or inaccurate. The new interpretive signs will describe the Corps of Discovery’s activities at each site, as well as explain the site’s tribal and environmental importance, and they are constructed to last indefinitely. Signs will be installed at Rooster Rock, Lewis & Clark State Park, Dabney State Park, Cottonwood Beach, Portland International Airport, Government Island, Ryan’s Point, Kelley Point Park, Cathedral Park, University of Portland, Post Office Lake, Ridgefield Wildlife Reserve, and Sauvie Island. Contact Angela Sanders, LCBO Project Manager, (503) 234-7023, [email protected].

Sustainable Northwest is planning two “Corps of Discovery” field tours for 60 to 70 business and civic leaders, including elected officials and senior agency staff, representing a diverse range of communities, interests, and perspectives. These will be two- or three-day cruises on the Columbia River, with side trips to sites of interest, designed to provide firsthand experience of the river and the nexus of crucial economic and environmental issues. The objective of this project is to encourage intensive debate of issues by high-level decision makers in a “safe” setting, leading towards a vision-action consensus on sustainability and the future of the region. In addition to the field tours, Sustainable Northwest will host a media exercise geared to focus the public’s attention on sustaining our region’s rich environmental resources. Participating media will commit to assign a reporter to the identified issue, and to publish a specified number of stories over the course of a year—while retaining full editorial control over content. This initiative will involve newspapers, radio, and TV stations for a sustained campaign. These features will be jointly published as a report on the state of sustainability in the region and archived on a central web server. Thoughtful and collaborative treatment of the issues in the media will help move public debate beyond today’s hot button issues to our shared long-term goals for the river and region. Contact: John Harrington (503) 221-6911 ext. 105, web site www.sustainablenorthwest.com.

Lewis & Clark Landscapes Project: The Trust for Public Land, Friends of the Columbia Gorge and the Sierra Club will co-sponsor a project to build public support for protecting Gorge open spaces through federal land acquisition. Recent legislation has encouraged willing sellers in the Gorge to offer the Forest Service 187 parcels totaling 6,700 acres, including a Lewis & Clark campsite across from Memaloose Island. The Forest Service has three years to make offers to buy these lands or the land will convert to a zoning that will allow more development and increased logging and mining in the Gorge. The goal of the Landscapes Project is to see 3,000-4,000 acres of private lands move into public ownership by 2005. Contact: Kevin Gorman, Executive Director, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, at (503) 241-3762 x104, web site www.gorgefriends.org.

Educational Programming at Lewis & Clark College: Yearly symposia sponsored by the College at various venues in the Portland area. Contact: Sherry Manning at (503) 768-7207 or [email protected]. For a complete listing, go to: www.thejourneycontinues.org/.

The Astoria Column, Astoria, Oregon. The column is the final and crowning monument in a series of 12 historical markers erected in the early 1900’s between St. Paul, Minnesota and Astoria, Oregon. It stands on Coxcomb Hill and has been recently renovated. For directions and more information, contact Friends of Astoria Column, Inc. @ 503-325-2963

“Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West” is an IMAX file playing at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon. For film times and other information, go to www.omsi.edu.

2003 Events

“Sacagawea” Children’s Play: This original Oregon Children’s Theater production kicked off Oregon’s bicentennial commemoration in January, 2003, in Portland’s Keller Auditorium. Dignitaries, educators, parents and children all concluded it a complete hit. Accompanied by the Oregon Trail Band, this one-hour production tells of Sacagawea’s life along the trail to the Pacific Ocean. Plans are being discussed to downsize the production and run it during the north coast’s national signature event in mid-November, 2005. Contact: Stan Foote, Artistic Director, web site www.octc.org.

October - December 2004 Events

November 12-14, 2004: Lewis and Clark Cultural Weekend scheduled for the Long Beach Peninsula. ‘Ocian in View’ Program Will Launch One-Year Countdown for the National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Signature Event. Read press release. For more information on the program, call 360-642-2805. Lewis and Clark information is available at www.lewisandclarkwa.org; Long Beach information at www.funbeach.com. (10/19/04)

November 12, 2004: The official expansion and renaming of Fort Clatsop National Memorial will be announced during a ceremony planned for November 12, 2004, at the park. National Park Service Director Fran P. Mainella will be among those on hand for the ceremony dedicating the new Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. A measure calling for the changes was recently passed by Congress and is expected to be signed into law by President Bush in the near future. Link to press release. Contacts: Al Nash (202) 208-6843 and Chip Jenkins (503) 861-4401.

November 21, 2004: In Their Footsteps: Observations Free Speakers Forum at Fort Clatsop National Memorial. Topic: Exploring Lewis & Clark through Children's Literature. 1:00 PM in the Visitor Center Netul River Room. Download flyer with more information or call (503) 861-2471 ext. 214.

November 24, 2004: Starting at 9 AM, 4th Grade Students from selected Pacific and Clatsop County schools will help launch The Vote at Station Camp Online with special programs at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco and by casting their own vote at Station Camp near Chinook, Washington. These activities are all part of the one-year countdown to Destination: The Pacific, the nationally sanctioned Signature Event for Oregon and Washington commemorating the Lewis and Clark bicentennial. Link to press release. Contact: Cyndi Mudge, DTP Executive Director, (503) 861-4403 or (503) 440-7186, [email protected]

November 26, 2004 - April 3, 2005: The Literature of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, created by the staff and faculty at Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon. www.ohs.org

Bonnie Kahn's Wild West Gallery presents Two Views of Lewis and Clark From Native American Eyes. Opening Thursday, December 2: Works from Lillian Pitt and John Potter Illustrate Native American Perspective. Read press release.

December 12, 2004: In Their Footsteps: Observations Free Speakers Forum at Fort Clatsop National Memorial. Topic: The Plants of Fort Clatsop-An Ethnobotanical Tour of the Journals. 1:00 PM in the Visitor Center Netul River Room. Download flyer with more information or call (503) 861-2471 ext. 214.

Saturday, December 18, 2004: Fort Clatsop Holiday Open House. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., free admission. Read press release.

December 28-30, 2004: Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop Presents "Wintering Over: snuggly fixed in their huts" First-Person Living History Program. Beginning Tuesday, December 28th, and continuing through Thursday, December 30th, the Fort Clatsop replica will come alive from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition during the park's 4th annual presentation of "Wintering Over: snuggly fixed in their huts." Read press release.

January - March 2005 Events

January 22 - May 29, 2005 People of the River: Native Arts of the Oregon Territory: This exhibition, which opens at the Portland Art Museum in January 2005, is the first ever to focus specifically on the magnificent arts and culture of the direct ancestors of tribal groups that today live in the Umatilla, Yakama, Warm Springs, Grand Ronde, and Chinook communities. In addition to objects from the Museum’s outstanding Native American collection, objects will be borrowed from several museums and private collections including the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution; the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; Burke Museum, Seattle; and Maryhill Museum, among others. People of the River is also the focal point for comprehensive, ongoing, educational outreach programming, including the Discovery Project, an innovative education program that provides a broad perspective on life in Oregon around the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Initiated by the Portland Art Museum, the collaborative Discovery Project will bring K-12 school children to Portland from underserved districts throughout Oregon to participate in an intensive two-day program of active learning experiences at the Museum, the Oregon Historical Society, the World Forestry Center, the Oregon Zoo and other organizations. Contact Elizabeth Martin Calder @ 503-276-4370.

February 24, 2005 - September 18, 2005: A Fair To Remember: The 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition. Photographs and memorabilia from the world’s fair in Portland one hundred years ago. Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon. www.ohs.org

March-September 2005: Lewis & Clark Educational Tours with Portland State University. Tales from the Trail: The Story of the Impact of Lewis and Clark on the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. Portland State University is offering a series of four-day tours on the history of the Oregon Territory and the state of Oregon following the 1804-06 expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. For more information, visit their website at www.extended.pdx.edu/lc/.

April - June 2005 Events

April 1-June 6, 2005: Exhibit “Lewis and Clark: Gifts of the Mandan”, Replicas of artifacts collected by Lewis and Clark at the Mandan Villages on the Upper Missouri River during the winter of 1804-05. National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Baker City, Oregon. (541) 523-1843. oregontrail.blm.gov.

May 20-23, 2005: Iris Festival in Keizer, Oregon. The 55th Iris Parade will start at Lockhaven and River Road in Keizer at 10:30am on May 21st. For more information, visit www.keizerchamber.com/iris.asp.

SOLV’s ‘Down by the Riverside' Program: May 22, 2005 (& 2006): This annual statewide waterway enhancement, cleanup and appreciation project began in 1996 after record flooding hit the state leaving behind tons of debris. In 2004, 2005 and 2006, SOLV’s volunteers will cleanup vast swathes of both the Oregon and Washington sides of the Columbia River in time for the surge in tourism along the river during the bicentennial. Contact: Erin Peters at: (503) 844-9571 or go to their website: www.solv.org.

May 27, 2005 Tribal Lifeways Exhibit and Cultural Village: The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, outside Pendleton, Oregon, will open a new and permanent Cultural Village adjoining their museum and cultural center. This exhibit will not only depict the evolution the Tribes’ culture and daily life, but will also be a living, interactive school for tribal members and the public with ongoing demonstrations and workshops, sometimes conducted in native languages. The Institute plans to host demonstrations of storytelling, basket and tule mat weaving, hide tanning, sweat lodge construction flint knapping, hemp cordage making, salmon and venison drying and smoking, dancing, drumming, horsemanship and more. The Institute is also developing a study guide for the Cultural Village that school teachers can incorporate into their history, literature and science curricula to set the stage for class field trips. Contact: John Chess @ 541-966-9748. www.tamastslikt.com

June 23, 2005 They Still Speak To Us Exhibit: This exhibition at the Museum at Warm Springs, located outside of Madras, Oregon, is produced by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs and consists of photographs of pictographs and petroglyphs. These images record travels and sights seen by indigenous peoples through the millennia as well as serving as an historical record. This addition to their permanent exhibit will also utilize maps that indicate the travels of Lewis & Clark through their ancestral lands. Contact Carol Leone @ 541-553-3331. [email protected]

June 21 - August 23 Quilt Exhibit: “Covering the Corps: Piece by Piece”, Quilts reflecting the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-06. Quilt related programs and demonstrations. National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Baker City, Oregon. (541) 523-1843. oregontrail.blm.gov.

July - September 2005 Events

August 5-10, 2005: 37th Annual Meeting, National Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Accommodations, meetings, public forums and final banquet will held on the college campus. Pre-conference meetings of the National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council and the board of directors of the foundation will also take place on the campus. Pre and post field trips are being planned around the conference theme “Gateway to the Pacific”. Chairman have been assigned for the various committees and brain-storming is underway to finalize programs, speakers, field trips and coordination with the Washington State Chapter of the foundation. Approximately 13 to 15% of the 2700 members will attend. Contact: Oregon Chapter President, Jay Rasmussen. For more information, go to www.lewisandclark.org.

August 6, 2005: "Encounter at Nichaqwli," Blue Lake Park, East Multnomah County. A one-day learning experience about the tribe living at today's Blue Lake Park whose native son led William Clark and other men to the Willamette River. A monument honoring the Multnomah/Clackamas Indians will be dedicated and the Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes will demonstrate traditional lifeways. Lewis & Clark exhibits and presentations are also planned.

August 26-29, 2005: A Taste of Lewis & Clark in the Northwest, Bonneville Dam Visitors Center, Columbia Gorge. Read press release.

September 17, 2005 Cathedral Park-St. John’s Bridge Commemorative Event: Portland’s own international dance promoter, White Bird, will produce an all-day event at Portland’s Cathedral Park entitled Echoes of Discovery, A Bicentennial Commemoration of the Lewis & Clark Journey. This free, family-oriented event will include two performances by the aerial dance troupe, Bandaloop, performing on the St. John’s Bridge as well as interactive educational exhibits, a riverside encampment with regional tribal participation, culinary demonstrations, exhibits of craftsmen and women, and musical performances by a variety of groups including the Oregon Trail Band.. Contact: Paul King 503-245-1600 x203.

September 27-October 2, 2005: National Trust's National Preservation Conference, Portland, Oregon. For more information, visit their website at www.nationaltrust.org.

October 2005 - Events 2006

Fall 2005: Cathedral Park-St. John’s Bridge Commemorative Event. Portland’s own international dance promoter, White Bird, will produce an all-day event at Portland’s Cathedral Park themed to the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial as well as the tribal culture of the region. Scheduled for September, 2005, this free, family-oriented event will include two performances by the aerial dance troupe, Bandaloop performing on the St. John’s Bridge. Contact: Paul King 503-245-1600 x203, e-mail [email protected].

Fall 2005: Fort-to-the-Sea Trail. The National Park Service plans to construct a 5-1/2 mile Fort-to-the-Sea Trail replicating the route taken by the Corps of Discovery as they traversed the landscape around Fort Clatsop Memorial near Astoria, Oregon, down to the Pacific Ocean. Although the trail has been planned since 1955, the upcoming Bicentennial has focused attention on making this trail a reality. Ribbon-cutting is scheduled for the fall of 2005. Contact Jill Harding, Fort Clatsop, (503) 861-4421.

Fall 2005 & Spring 2006: Corps of Discovery II. Corps II, as it is commonly referred to, is a traveling exhibit highlighting the tribes that Lewis & Clark encountered along their journey sponsored by the National Park Service. It’s composed of two tents. One is an exhibit space where visitors use hand-held audio guides as they view pictures of the various tribes the Corps of Discovery encountered 200 years ago. The second tent, The Tent of Many Voices is a venue for artists, musicians, lecturers, etc. The Corps II tents are hosted along the Lewis & Clark Trail by communities large and small and are scheduled in communities roughly 200 years after the original Corps visited the areas. For a complete schedule, by location, of the Oregon and Washington sites, contact Barbara Allen at 503-768-7444. For general information on Corps II, go to www.nps.gov/lecl/CorpsII/Corps2.htm.

November 11, 2005 - March 11, 2006 Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition: The Oregon Historical Society will be the only museum on the west coast to host the most unique, exciting, and comprehensive exhibit of Lewis and Clark Expedition artifacts, artwork, and documents ever assembled. This project’s focus on exhibition fabrication, education program development, and visitor service activities is designed to enhance the public’s understanding and the appreciation of these cultural resources. When Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition opens in Portland on November 11, 2005 for its four-month show, at least 125,000 visitors will cherish hundreds of Lewis and Clark national treasures, reunited for the first time since the 1804-06 journey. Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Contact: Sharon Blus at 503-306-5229. www.ohs.org

November 11 - 15, 2005: Destination: The Pacific is our region’s only National Signature Event sanctioned by the National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council. It’s comprised of a series of events scheduled for sites in Pacific County, Washington and Clatsop County, Oregon to commemorate the Lewis and Clark’s journey to the Pacific Ocean. Contact Destination: The Pacific at (503) 861-4403. Link to more Signature Event information.

November 14, 2005 Fort To Sea Trail: The Fort Clatsop Expansion Act of 2001 established an expanded boundary for Fort Clatsop Memorial near Astoria, Oregon, from 125 acres to 1,500 acres. The Act also allowed for the creation of the Fort to Sea Trail within the area. The 6-mile trail will link the Fort to Sunset Beach, going under Highway 101. Trail construction has begun and the dedication will take place in November, 2005. Contact: Supt. Chip Jenkins @ 503-861-4401 or visit www.nps.gov/lecl

November 18, 2005 Maya Lin Installation: Architect Maya Lin’s Confluence Project will place installations at sites located at key points of the Columbia River Basin, creating a series of pieces that exist as separate yet connected artworks. The first to be completed will be at Cape Disappointment State Park in Ilwaco, Washington. The dedication ceremony will be November 18th. For information about the sites in Oregon and Washington, contact the Confluence Project @ 360-693-0123 or visit their website. www.confluenceproject.org

2005 - 2006: Tamástslikt Cultural Institute Projects and Exhibits. Currently in the formation stages, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute is creating a small-scale interpretive drama based on the negotiations of the Walla Walla Treaty of 1855 and the modern impact the resulting treaties have had on Native American tribes today.

April, 2006 Lewis & Clark Discovery Greenway Project: This project consists of 14 historically accurate Lewis & Clark landing sites along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington metropolitan areas. A plan was developed to upgrade these sites for historical interpretation. When completed, this will be the only significant urban experience on the entire national trail. LCBO is producing this project in partnership with site owners. Site work is underway and will be dedicate in April, 2006. Contact: Angela Sanders @ 503-234-7023. www.lcbo.net

Conferences

2004: October 22-24, 16th Annual Washington State Heritage Conference in Richland, Washington themed “Lewis & Clark: Tools for Planning, Partnerships, and Opportunities.” For more information, contact Gary Schalliol at (253) 377-6278.

2005: National Trust Convention in Portland. Portland will be the Host City for the 2005 National Preservation Conference, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The conference is expected to attract an estimated 2,000 participants to Portland and Oregon.