Lewis and Clark Road Trips Links
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(A) Lewis and Clark Websites
Discovering Lewis & Clark
The ultimate resource for history and trail information, Professor Joe Musselman's website is a "hyperhistory in progress." It has been online since 1998, hosted by the University of Montana at Missoula.
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
See how the landscape environment has changed along the Lewis and Clark route, and what you can do to "keep it wild."
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country: 200 Years of American History
Based on an exhibition originally mounted at the Newberry Library, the website explores how these two histories, that of the United States and that of the Indian peoples along the expedition route came together 200 years ago and how they remain interrelated today.
Lewis and Clark 200: The National Bicentennial Commemoration
The official website of the bicentennial features Signature Events, Archives, Discovery Expedition of St Charles, Bicentennial National Exhibition, Corps of Discovery II, and Cultural Preservation.
Lewis and Clark on the Columbia River, Lynn Topinka's Photographic Journey
"200 Year Later - A Photographic Journey" includes over 1,500 images of geographic areas along the 200-plus-mile length of the Columbia River, covering the areas seen by Lewis and Clark. Many of Lynn Topinka's photos were used in Lewis and Clark Road Trips.
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.
The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. provides national leadership as keepers of the story, and stewards of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Its vibrant, engaged membership promotes inclusiveness and cultural diversity. Annual meetings, kids page, library & archives and education. Their quarterly publication, We Proceeded On, has been a favorite of "Lewis and Clarkies" for over 30 years.
Lewis and Clark Trail: Relive the Adventure
The popular website features travel and history, books and gifts. Maps and travel information.
Library of Congress--Rivers, Edens Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America
This website mines the rich collections of the Library of Congress to document the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition with exploration materials and couments.
Monticello: Jefferson's Role in the Lewis & Clark Expedition
National Geographic: Lewis and Clark
The National Geographic website has an interactive journal log, timeline, history, and photos, with links to their kid's page and Lewis and Clark game.
Volcanoes of Lewis and Clark, United States Geological Survey
Maps , photos and Journal entries for the geology and volcanoes of the Columbia River Gorge area.
(B) Lewis and Clark Interpretive Centers
Lewis and Clark National Historic Interpretive Center, Great Falls MT
Managed by the USDA Forest Service, the 25,000 square-foot building includes the permanent exhibit hall, 158-seat theater, an education room for hands-on curriculum-based activities, and a retail store. Several trails offer outdoor recreation opportunities in plants native to the Northern Plains.
Missouri River Basic Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Nebraska City NE
The focus of this exciting regional Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center is on the more than 300 discoveries of flora (178 plants), fauna (122 animals) and scientific discoveries made at President Thomas Jefferson's direction on their historic Corps of Discovery Journey from 1803 - 1806.
(C) Travel and Tourism
Art's Sleeping Buffalo Gift Shop, Malta Montana Hot Springs World Class Fishing
Art's Sleeping Buffalo Store at the Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs Resort near the famous Sleeping Buffalo boulder stones on the Hi-Line Highway, US 2, 17 miles east of Malta.
Art tells me they have some of the finest fishing in Montana: walleye and northern perch.
Call Art Nelson for more info. (406) 527-3379
Boonville Tourism and KATY Trail State Park
Explore South Dakota State Parks with Lewis & Clark
Lewis and Clark camped at South Dakota State Parks, and you can too.
General Dodge House, Historic Home, Council Bluffs, Iowa
George Shannon Trail, Northeast Nebraska
George Shannon, the youngest and most educated in the Corps of Discovery, was lost for 16 days in the area of present day northeast Nebraska. Sixteen Communities and two tribes have joined together and created 12 Private Shannon and one Lewis and Clark Statue -- all hand carved and life-size! If you collect the 12 private Shannon stamps and 1 Lewis and Clark stamp you will receive a beautiful print of Private Shannon!
Lewis and Clark in Idaho
The official state tourism website for ILewis and Clark travel in Idaho, with events, trip planning, group tours, maps and descriptions, lodging guides, publications.
(D) Native American
Appaloosa Museum in Moscow, Idaho
Learn about the breed with the colorful coat pattern and its important role in Native American cultures.
Horses on exhibit May-October, and numerous events.
Native America, Discovered and Conquered, Bob Miller's Blog
Professor Robert Miller of the Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon is the author of a groundbreaking book on Native American law and the Doctrine of Discovery. He is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe.
Native American Tribes Along the Lewis and Clark Route
An excellent source of information about a number of tribes living along the route and participating in the bicentennial commemoration
The official website of the Blackfeet Nation
The official website of the Chinook Nation
The official website of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (Walla Walla, Umatilla and Cayuse)
The official website of the Nez Perce Nation
The official website of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara)
(E) Students and Teachers
First Gov for Kids
A federal government website for kids to learn history.
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark Game
National Geographic website allows students to become privates in Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery for online adventure. Much of the artwork comes from Rosalyn Schanzer's, How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark, published by the National Geographic Society in 1997.
Lewis and Clark Online National Exhibition for Teachers
Lesson plans in nine curriculum themes for grades 4-12 based on the National Bicentennial Exhibition which toured America. The exhibition was organized by the Missouri Historical Society, and included many rare and authentic items from the expedition.
Lewis and Clark, Then and Now: Linking the Trail to American's Students (Apple Learning Exchange)
Live webcasts of reenactors following the trail were broadcast to students during the bicentennial years, under the sponsorship of Apple Computers. Curriculum development was prepared by the School District of Clayton, Missouri and funded by a Challenge Cost Share grant of the National Park Service.
The Learning Page, Library of Congress
The front door for educators, who want to learn more about the more than 100 American Memory collections of the Library of Congress.
(F) Speakers/Program Presenters
Living History & Leadership with Patrick Lee
Patrick Lee is a full time presenter. He gives programs on William Clark, Thomas Jefferson and Daniel Boone; and as himself on Leadership, Humor and Inspiration. Historic Keynote Addresses on Leadership, Wisdom, Courage and Integrity. Author of "Mosquitoes, Gnats & Prickly Pear Cactus."
Living History with Stuart Wier
Stuart Wier, a scientist in Boulder, Colorado, has had a life-long interest in the exploration and natural history of the American West. He is an on-board historian with ROW, Rivers Odysseys West, the top canoe tour company on the Missouri River in Montana. He presents programs on the Lewis and Clark Expedition and other early explorers of the American West.
(I) Reenactors/Living History Groups
Discovery Expedition of St Charles
DESC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rediscovering the legacy of Lewis and Clark. Each year the Discovery Expedition reenacts a portion of the original river journey. Their boats are housed at the Boat House and Museum in St. Charles, Missouri.
Frontier Folk Forums
Frontier Trekking/Reenacting, the Boatwrights Shop, Fur Traders & Trappers, 18th Century Frontier Women, the Boonesborough Militia, the Trading Post, and Frontier Folk Chat.
Historic Fort Osage National Historic Landmark
This reconstructed historic fort, originally planned and built by William Clark in 1808, hosts living history year round.
Historical Trekking
The most comprehensive site on the internet dedicated to Living History, Historical (or Period) Trekking, Experimental Archeology, and Experiential Anthropology, of the 1600 to 1840 time period. This is a site dedicated to the evolution of the hobby of trekking.
Lewis and Clark Boat House and Nature Center, Discovery Expedition of St Charles
The Boat House and Nature Center is the permanent home of the Discovery Expedition of St Charles, the reenactors who traveled the country with boats from 2003-2006 during the Bicentennial. The building also has many exhibits and a gift shop, the Trading Post. It is located on the historic St Charles riverfront, one of the most interesting places on the whole trail to visit.
(J) Other
Dunkirk Systems
"Delivering Internet Solutions! " This is the website of our developer, Mike Maddaloni. He has made the whole process much easier than I had any right to expect.
Visible Logic
"High Quality Print, Identity and Web Solutions" This is the website of our designer, Emily Brackett. She not only designed the website, she designed the book cover. The results speak for themselves.
(K) Featured Links
Art Directory International Listings
Art Directory
International Listings
Boating Forums: boat racing, building & general forum
Business-deals.biz Business Directory
Classifed Web Links
Dakota Dinosaur Museum, Dinosaurs, Minerals & Fossils, Dickinson, North Dakota
George Rogers Clark National Historical Site, Vincennes, Indiana
greatriverroad.com Mississippi River around St Louis
The best website for attractions along the Mississippi in the area around St Louis from Hannibal to St Genevieve.
Klein Museum, Early Sioux & Local History, Mobridge SD
Qumoz Directory International Business & Travel
Business and Travel Directory
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