July - September 2004 Events

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

July 13 and 15, 2004: Oregon Forest Resources Institute is hosting tours of the forests seen by Lewis & Clark. For more information, visit their webpage: www.oregonforests.org. (New event 5/26/04)

July 16-18, 2004 and August 20-22, 2004: Fort Clatsop First-Person Interpreter Program. The First-Person Interpreter—or “living history”—program will train actors to portray members of the Corps of Discovery at Fort Clatsop. These actors will, in turn, educate and entertain visitors with reenactments of the Corps’ daily life at the Fort and nearby Salt Camp in Seaside, as well as answer questions about the Fort’s history. Contact Jill Harding, Fort Clatsop, (503) 861-4421, web site www.nps.gov/focl.

July 16-18 and August 20-22, 2004, Lewis and Clark Saltmakers Return, west end of Avenue U, Seaside, Oregon. Come and meet members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition on the beach as they make salt from seawater. Historical interpreters will be working continuously 24 hours a day from 5:00 PM Friday to 5:00 PM Sunday. The "Saltmakers Return" is a fun interactive learning opportunity for the whole family. For more information, call Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park at (503) 861-2471 ext. 214 or the Seaside Museum and Historical Society at (503) 738-7065.

July 18-22, 2004: Teachers eligible for Wallowa Workshop on Lewis and Clark among Northwest Indians. Scholarships to attend a unique multicultural workshop are available, thanks to grants received by Joseph School District. Focus is on lessons learned by Lewis & Clark and the native peoples they met 200 years ago that still apply to students today. The 5-day event is designed so teachers can bring their families for a vacation at Wallowa Lake near Joseph, Oregon. Teachers interested in applying for a workshop scholarship should e-mail Rhonda Shirley, Principal, Joseph Elementary School, or Larry McClure, Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.

August 1-6, 2004: Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America: “Lessons of Lewis & Clark: Ecological Exploration of Inhabited Landscapes.” Portland, Oregon. Deadline for applications for symposia is Sept. 15, 2003. For more information, see website at www.esa.org/portland/proposal.html or contact Program Chair Dr. Thomas W. Swetnam, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, phone (520) 621-2112.

August 8-13, 2004: Encounters: the New Worlds of Lewis and Clark, An Institute for Northwest Teachers, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Presented by Lewis & Clark College Bicentennial Programs, Lewis & Clark College Graduate School of Education, and the Oregon Council for the Humanities. For more information, please contact Susie Meserve, Oregon Council for the Humanities, 812 SW Washington, Suite 225, Portland, OR 97205, (503) 241-0543, (800) 725-0543 (statewide), or by e-mail: [email protected].

August 20-22, 2004: Fort Clatsop First-Person Interpreter Program. The First-Person Interpreter—or “living history”—program will train actors to portray members of the Corps of Discovery at Fort Clatsop. These actors will, in turn, educate and entertain visitors with reenactments of the Corps’ daily life at the Fort and nearby Salt Camp in Seaside, as well as answer questions about the Fort’s history. Contact Jill Harding, Fort Clatsop, (503) 861-4421, web site www.nps.gov/focl.

August 20-22, 2004, Lewis and Clark Saltmakers Return, west end of Avenue U, Seaside, Oregon. Come and meet members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition on the beach as they make salt from seawater. Historical interpreters will be working continuously 24 hours a day from 5:00 PM Friday to 5:00 PM Sunday. The "Saltmakers Return" is a fun interactive learning opportunity for the whole family. For more information, call Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park at (503) 861-2471 ext. 214 or the Seaside Museum and Historical Society at (503) 738-7065.

September 2004: Discovering the Rivers of Lewis and Clark, tentatively scheduled to open at the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Focus on the water route of Lewis and Clark, and the status of those rivers today.

September 20-23, 2004 and 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/.

The Journey Continues Symposium at Lewis & Clark College. Upcoming events include Encounters - Second Symposium in the Bicentennial Series, September 30-October 2. Keynote speaker N. Scott Momaday opens this exploration of the peoples, landscapes, and growing examinations of self that Lewis and Clark "encountered" in the course of their Expedition. Lectures and panel discussions with scholars, a former NASA astronaut, and a contemporary adventurer round out this event. See www.thejourneycontinues.org for more details.