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LEWIS & CLARK
BICENTENNIAL PROJECT



Project Name:

Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery in the Columbia River Gorge

Location of Project:

Corbett, Oregon (Vista House at Crown Point State Scenic Area)

Lead Sponsor:

Organization Name

Friends of Vista House

Contact Name/Title

Laurence Cotton, Executive Director

Address/State/ZIP

P.O. Box 204, Corbett

OR

97019

Phone/Fax/e-mail

503-695-2230

503-695-2250

[email protected]

Website

www.vistahouse.com

Other Sponsors:

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Project Description:

Vista House, the monument and rest station at the highest point on the old Columbia River Highway, will mount a modestly scaled interpretive exhibit. It will show the experience of the Corps of Discovery as its members travelled through the Columbia River Gorge on the outbound and return trips, from the historic series of rapids east of The Dalles to the mouth of the Sandy River in what is now Troutdale, Oregon. It will offer:

  • Extracts and interpretation of Corps members' journals of natural features along the Columbia River and the surrounding landscape, encounters with tribal groups, and descriptions of historic tribal village sites.
  • Interpretation of changes on the river and the land since the time of the Lewis & Clark expedition.
  • Guidance for public visitation of nearby expedition camp sites during the bicentennial and beyond.

 

 

Project Budget:

Total:

$ 35,000

Funded to Date:

$ 0

Support:

None to date.

Project Status:

Coding:

    Primary Category:     _ R/H     _ P/T     X I     _ CD     _ C/N     _ ED     _ E     _ O

    Type:     _ Fed     _ State     X Local     _ Tribal     _ Multi-Agency     _ Private     _ Pub/Priv     _ Other

    Status:     X Proposed     _ Underway     _ Finished

Priority Ranking: within State/Tribe/Agency: # ____ out of ____.

Other Comments:

(Working title only; project/exhibit title likely to be revised closer to implementation date.) The budget is an estimate.





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