OR-LCTHF Events

Paddle to Squaxin Island 2012 (journey)

2012-07-12T10:00:00.000-07:00

Canoe Family Fundraiser

Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes

Journey Dates:

July 12th start in Rock Creek, OR. Land in Squaxin Island July 29th.
In Squaxin Island, WA July 29th-August 4th.

For more information:
clatsopnehalemcanoefamily@gmail.com
clatsop-nehalem.com
paddletosquaxin2012.org

Seaside Chamber of Commerce - Seaside International Hostile - Klahowa Café

Clackamas County Field Trip

2012-05-12T08:00:00.000-07:00

Discovering the Lake Missoula Flood In Clackamas County —

All-Day Tour — Charter bus to depart: at 8:00 AM and will return at 5:00 PM

The Lower Columbia Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute invites you on an all-day bus tour of Lake Missoula Floods evidence in Clackamas County. Lake Missoula Floods (LMF) expert Rick Thompson, who has extensively studied and mapped features in the area left by the cataclysmic Missoula Ice Age Floods, will lead the tour.

Highlights of the trip include: Being the first to see a newly discovered spillway between the Clackamas Valley and the Willamette Valley. Baker Cabin where the Lake Missoula Flood created a short-lived waterfall and carved holes in the basalt which the Native Americans later used for grinding stones. A bird's eye view of the Carver Gap and flood channel. The reputed second largest glacial erratic in Oregon. Canemah — a scabland on the east side of the Willamette River. Willamette Falls which is a receding waterfall.

As part of the trip you will enjoy: 1) outstanding and knowledgeable field trip leader, 2) your own copy of a very detailed and well-illustrated Field Trip Guide booklet, and 3) comfortable deluxe chartered bus with microphone system for lectures while in route.

Cost: $46 for institute members / $62 for non-members.

For inquiries: Contact Sylvia Thompson at: Sylvia@Gigaflood.com or 503-257-0144.

The Columbia River Gorge - Garden of the Corps of Discovery

2012-04-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

Posters are now available for this joint Event with the Washington and Idaho Chapters.

Click on the thumbnail to open a PDF, then just choose save from the File menu, and you are ready for print.

Home Printing

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Professional Print Shop

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A Student in the Pacific Northwest: Sacagawea Travels the Columbia River

2012-04-15T14:00:00.006-07:00

A Presentation by Dr. Robert Carriker.

In 1805-1806 Sacagawea was the same age as college students would be today and, like them, she exhibited a curiosity about the natural world and the people that she encountered in the Pacific Northwest. Using maps, illustrations and direct quotes from the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, this presentation looks at the many ways that the Indian woman who accompanied the Corps of Discovery, contributed to its success and gained an education in the process

Dr. Robert Carriker currently serves as the Distinguished Professor of College of Arts & Sciences at Gonzaga University. He is the author and co-author of several books including "Ocian in view! O! The Joy!": Lewis and Clark in Washington State and America Looks West: Lewis and Clark on the Missouri.

Paddle to Squaxin Island 2012 (practice)

2012-03-30T15:30:00.000-07:00

Canoe Family Fundraiser

Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes

Practice with Warm Springs Canoe Family in Seaside, Oregon.

Canoe Landing at 5:30 p.m. at Quatat Park, Seaside, OR.
Song and Dance Presentation at Seaside Convention Center at 6:00 p.m.

For more information:
clatsopnehalemcanoefamily@gmail.com
clatsop-nehalem.com
paddletosquaxin2012.org

Seaside Chamber of Commerce - Seaside International Hostile - Klahowa Café

“Wintering Over” at Fort Clatsop

2012-01-14T09:00:00.000-08:00

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park presents a free special living history program during the Saturday and Sunday of Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. On Saturday, January 14, and Sunday, January 15, 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 11th annual presentation of "Wintering Over: snugly fixed in their huts."

During this two day Wintering Over event, visitors are encouraged to converse with expedition members (portrayed by first-person character interpreters) camped at their Fort Clatsop winter headquarters in 1806. Explore what it is like for these Corps members as they survive off of elk and the good graces of their Clatsop and Chinook neighbors, while preparing to return to the United States. Discover who these people were, where they came from and what their journey has been like so far. Come explore the people behind the story!

Visitors will start with an orientation that will introduce the story of the Corps of Discovery and prepare them to participate in the “Wintering Over” program. First-Person living history interpretation is an experiential program with no script. This allows for a real experience (not a staged event); visitors direct their own discoveries. The Pacific Northwest Living Historians partner with the park to provide this program.

In addition to this event at the fort, there are movies in the visitor center theater. “A Clatsop Winter Story,” a 22-minute movie about the 1805-06 winter from a Clatsop Indian perspective, will be offered each hour. Also, “Lewis and Clark: Confluence of Time and Courage,” a 34-minute movie about the entire voyage, will be available.

A unit of the National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop is located southwest of Astoria, Oregon, three miles east of U.S. Highway 101. The park, including the visitor center, fort, trails, and the parking lots, is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Lewis and Clark NHP also maintains the Salt Works site in Seaside. Come and visit these sites during the time of year the expedition stayed on the coast. Admission to the park, and all National Parks, is free for this holiday weekend. For further information, call the park at 503-861-2471 ext. 214 or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/lewi. Follow us on Facebook at Lewis and Clark NHP for more information and pictures.

Getting to Know Sacagawea

2011-12-18T11:00:00.000-08:00

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop is pleased to announce the next installment of its In Their Footsteps free speakers series. This program is Getting to Know Sacagawea by Elita Tom on Sunday, December 18, at 1:00 p.m. in the Netul River Room of the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center.

Elita Tom is a junior in high school and a member of the Yakama Indian Nation. Elita works with the Pacific Northwest Living Historians as they portray members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. She portrays Sacagawea each August at The Saltmakers Return in Seaside and at the January Wintering Over program at Fort Clatsop. She is the winner of the National Park Service’s Pacific West Region 2010-2011 George and Helen Hartzog Youth Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service for this and other work in the park. She enjoys acting and behind-the-scenes work in both high school and community theater.

Elita will be dressed as Sacagawea might have been and will present a Chautauqua-style monologue where the audience will get to “meet Sacagawea.” A discussion about her research and preparation will follow this “first-person” performance.

Following Elita’s presentation, at 2:00 p.m. there will be a premiere of three short films made by high school students from the park’s Film Camp, an annual workshop where teens make documentaries about Lewis and Clark NHP.

Other holiday open house special activities will be scheduled throughout the day to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Fort Clatsop replica.

For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471.

Oregon Chapter Christmas Dinner

2011-12-04T16:00:00.000-08:00

The 12th annual Oregon Chapter' Christmas Dinner will be held Sunday, December 4th from 4:00 to 8:00 at the Tualatin Heritage Center, in Tualatin, Oregon. The cost is $10.00 per person. Meat, drinks and table service are furnished. Please bring a dish to share. There will be a silent auction, please bring items to be auctioned off. All proceeds go to the Chapter's Education Fund.

RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
The center is located at 8700 SW Sweek Drive.

Dr. Al Furtwangler will our guest speaker. His topic is "The Heritage of Lewis & Clark in Oregon:

RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE BY E-MAIL AT hohnbaum@aol.com or by telephone 503-390-2886 or by mail at 6916 Wheatland Lane N. Keizer, OR. 97303.

I need to know how many reservations are needed and the names of the party.

Hope to see you there.

The Air Gun of Meriwether Lewis on Brunot’s Island

2011-10-15T19:00:00.000-07:00

”The Air Gun of Meriwether Lewis on Brunot’s Island” will be presented by Dr. William K. Brunot and Michael Carrick at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 15 at the Beaverton Historical Society’s Beaverton History Center. Donations accepted.

12412 SW Broadway St., Beaverton
503-430-0106
www.historicbeaverton.org

The program will be repeated at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 16, at the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center.

503-861-2471
www.nps.gov/lewi/planyourvisit/directions.htm

When Captain Meriwether Lewis left Pittsburgh on August 31, 1803, his crew of 11 included three young men whose identity has been unknown until recently. Who were they? Why did Lewis’ party stop that afternoon at Brunot’s Island, only three miles downstream, and what happened there? Which Brunot’s Island residents were involved in an accident with the air rifle demonstrated by Lewis? New research by William Brunot, a descendant of Dr. Felix Brunot, the island’s owner, provides surprising answers to these questions.

Michael Carrick, former president of our chapter, specializes in research and identification of pre-1900 firearms and swords. Mike will discuss the innovative air rifle used by Meriwether Lewis and show an air pump and reservoir kit of the type issued to Austrian army soldiers of the period. Lewis likely had a similar kit for his air rifle.

Washington State Chapter Meeting

2011-09-24T06:20:00.000-07:00

We have been invited to join the Washington State Chapter for their fall meeting at Sacajawea State Park in Pasco, WA on September 24, 2011.

The fall meeting of the Washington Chapter LCTHF will be Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Sacajawea State Park in Pasco, WA
September 23-25 is Heritage Days at the Park, with music, reenactors, booths, tribal people, and etc.
The chapter's business meeting will be at 1 pm on Saturday. The Kubiks will provide light refreshments

We will offer two hikes that weekend

Saturday morning, we will meet in Plymouth for a hike to the April 26, 1806 campsite near present-day Plymouth (where Clark described the young Walla Walla boy, and his fishing techniques)
Sunday morning we will take an easy hike up the east side of Wallula Gap, near Two Sisters

Chapter members are encouraged to spend the weekend, either in a motel, or camping in the park, and enjoying the activities in the park. We are arranging a meeting place in the park for the chapter business meeting and for an area for camping (look for our 15-star, 15 stripe flag).

The programs will be the hikes, Heritage Days, and the chapter's business, of which there is much right now!

Please RSVP to Barb Kubik, President (chemna@aol.com) no-later-than September 19th!

If you want to learn more about Heritage Days, simply type in Sacajawea Heritage Days on your favorite search engine!

Joint Meeting - Washington, Idaho, and Oregon Chapters

2011-07-08T10:00:00.000-07:00

Including Lecture on David Thompson by Jack Nisbit

Group Camping at Sacagawea State Park, Pasco Washington

Event Date(s): July 8, 9, and 10 2011
Coordinator: Chuck Raddon (Idaho Chapter), Barb Kubik (Wash. Chapter), Dick Hohnbaum (Oregon Chapter)
Coordinator Email: Chuck Raddon Email idahoclarkie@gmail.com
Starting Location: Sacajawea State Park, Pasco, Washington
Event Summary: See attached document (PDF)
Camping: $12 per night plus food and incidentals

Q: Will Jack Nisbet's Saturday morning talk be open to the public - i.e., non-members of the Chapters or LCTHF?

Yes, the Nisbet talk is open to the public. We doing some local media release and hope to get some new members from this.

Q: Will attendees need to pay an admission fee to the park?

I think there is a $1 admission fee but if you are camping it is waved, and (I think) if you are a member of our group and we've reserved the site and are paying a site fee then our members are free—I think.

Q: If so, are annual parks passes now available for purchase at the park?

Yes, when I visited there last week they were just gearing up for the new fee system. They are somewhat confused, I was there the first day of the new fees and there was some confusion over the new fees.

Q: The attached notice which I received stated that participants in the meals should RSVP by June 6. Is it now too late to RSVP for the breakfasts and dinners?

Oh-Oh!!! The RSVP should have said by JULY 6, not June 6. I hope that didn't go too far. Please help us correct that.

Q: If not, what is the suggested donation for for the meals?
If an attendee is not camping at the park, and will not take part in all the meals, what donation do you suggest per meal?

Donations are donations; we don't want to hassle over money. There will just be a can or box and it's up to you as to how you value the meals. I suspect most folks that eat all four meals would leave us $30 which would be fine and cover expenses. We were also planning on deserts for the camp fire, but Barb wants to Potluck those, so we'll see what happens. We're also hoping folks will jump in and help with the clean-up.

Q: Would I be right to assume that we should RSVP specifically about which meals we plan to take part in?

Yes, we would like to know how many people are planning to come to each meal, so we need a meal by meal head count RSVP.

Q: If it is too late to RSVP for the dinners, is it OK to "brown bag" it, or eat elsewhere first, and still attend the campfire activities?

We're assuming some will not want to camp but instead find a local motel. They are welcome at the meals as it works into their schedule, but we do need some idea of how many will be at each meal. There will always be changes, nothing ever runs perfect so we intend to be flexible.

Northwest History Detective Appears at Tualatin Heritage Center

2011-06-07T19:00:00.000-07:00

Oregon might have been part of Canada today if Captain John McClallen had not interrupted British plans. Northwest historian John C. Jackson will share this story from his new book on Tuesday, June 7 at Tualatin Heritage Center, 7 p.m. The book is titled By Honor and Right: How One Man Boldly Defined the Destiny of a Nation.

McClallen followed Lewis and Clark West of the Rockies in 1807-08 on a mission to further define the international fur trade race. He was the first U. S. officer to claim the Pacific Northwest as far north as 50 degrees north latitude.

While pushing up the Missouri River on his journey West, he picked up one of the boatmen who helped Lewis and Clark get their keelboat as far as present-day North Dakota. Francois Rivet later settled in French Prairie, Oregon and is buried at the St. Paul Catholic Church cemetery.

Jackson, who lives in Olympia, Washington, has been described as an original history detective. He recently co-authored a book with Thomas Danisi dealing with the death of Meriwether Lewis in 1809. His other books on Pacific Northwest history include The Piikani Balckfeet: A Culture Under Siege and Jemmy Jock Bird: Marginal Man on the Blackfoot Frontier.

The presentation is sponsored jointly with the Oregon Chapter, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. The Tualatin Heritage Center is located at 8700 SW Sweek Drive adjacent to Tualatin Police Station. The presentation is free but donations are welcome.

(For further information, contact Larry McClure, 503-476-4882, larry.mcclure@gmail.com)

The Old Aurora Colony: Willie Keil's Dream

2011-04-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

Where: Old Aurora Colony Museum, 15018 Second Street NE, Aurora, Oregon.

Museum admission fee: $5 per person.

Willie Keil caught Oregon fever and convinced his father, Wilhelm, to guide a wagon train to the Oregon Territory in 1855 with Willie as the driver of the lead wagon. Just days before they left Bethel, Missouri, Willie died. In his grief, Wilhelm fulfilled Willie’s wish, taking the young man along in a lead-lined coffin, and founded the Aurora Colony, a Christian commune.

For the Oregon Trail’s sesquicentennial (1993), Laurel Cookman of Aurora was one of 30 who reenacted the Keil wagon train’s journey from Missouri to Oregon. “Except for the hunger, we experienced everything they did: animals dying, people getting sick,” recalls Ms. Cookman, who will share her adventures at the Old Aurora Colony Museum.

The day will begin with a tour of the museum followed by Ms. Cookman’s presentation and lunch. We will then move to the Pacific Hazelnut Candy Factory,14673 Ottaway Rd NE, Aurora, where we get to see how hazelnuts are roasted, removed from their shells and sprayed with chocolate. Their signature Hazelnut Toffee is made in copper kettles. The L&C Journals mention hazelnuts in several places in the Columbia territory. There will also be a special viewing of busts of the members of the Corps of Discovery carved by the former owner of the factory. After spending your money on the delicious goodies at the factory you will have ample time left in the day to visit the City Park and the many intriguing Aurora Antique Stores.

RSVP by April 26 to: Lyn Trainer, trainerlyn@yahoo.com, 503-246-0451. Bring a brown bag or order a box lunch when you RSVP (no later than April 26).

Whole sandwich, chips, pickle, cookie and beverage, $8
½ sandwich, chips, pickle, cookie and beverage, $6
Sandwich choices: Smoked turkey, Black Forest ham or vegetable
Bread choices: Healthnut wheat, sourdough white or dill rye
Beverage choices: Coke, Diet Coke, Caffeine free Coke or Fresca

The Daughter's Walk: A Northwest Story of 1896 and Beyond

2011-04-17T11:00:00.000-07:00

We just learned that due to her husband's serious health issues, Jane Kirkpatrick has to cancel her talk at Fort Clatsop this Sunday. We hope to reschedule this program in a few months.
Presenter: Jane Kirkpatrick
Event Start Time: 1:00 pm
Event End Time: 2:00 pm
Coordinator: Sally Freeman
Coordinator Contact: 503-861-4424, sally_freeman@nps.gov
Starting Location: Fort Clatsop visitor center (Netul River Room) of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Our park has a free monthly guest speaker series, generally held on the third Sunday of the month from September through May. These programs are open to the public and feature a variety of topics.

Dedication of Statues of Sacagawea and Pomp with Seaman

2011-04-13T15:00:00.000-07:00

Coordinator: Chuck Daughtry
Coordinator Contact: 541 374-8619, cdaughtry@portofcascadelocks.org
Starting Location: Marine Park, Cascade Locks

The Port of Cascade Locks has commissioned a local artist, Heather Soderberg, to cast two bronze statues. One statue is of Sacagawea w/Pomp and one of Seaman. The Sacagawea casting will be over 9 feet tall and weigh over 1,000 pounds and the Seaman statute will be appropriately sized in relation to Sacagawea.

Plankhouse at Cathlapotle Guided Walk

2011-03-27T12:00:00.000-07:00

The Plankhouse at Cathlapotle near Ridgefield, WA, will be having a guided walk exploring the local legacy of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. There are other activities scheduled as well. You can check them out at: www.plankhouse.org.

Times: 12:00 noon, 3:00 p.m.

Coastal Indian Crafts

2011-03-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

Presenter: Lisa Brown
Event Start Time: 1:00 pm
Event End Time: 2:00 pm
Coordinator: Sally Freeman
Coordinator Contact: 503-861-4424, sally_freeman@nps.gov
Starting Location: Fort Clatsop visitor center (Netul River Room) of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Event Summary: Our park has a free monthly guest speaker series, generally held on the third Sunday of the month from September through May. These programs are open to the public and feature a variety of topics.

Ghosts of Celilo - Award-Winning Musical Play

2011-03-04T17:30:00.000-08:00

Event Date(s): March 4 - 12, 2011 Suggest Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 PM
Coordinator: Mark Johnson
Coordinator Contact: 503-614-1821,
Starting Location: Newmark Theatre in the Portland Center for the Performing Arts

The Ghosts of Celilo (suh-LIE-low) is a musical play based on true events that happened near Celilo Falls in the 1950s. Celilo was one of the world’s premiere fisheries and a cultural and spiritual center for native people before it was inundated by the Dalles Dam in 1957.

http://www.ghostsofcelilo.com/

This ground-breaking production weaves a bittersweet love story within a mystery and features a haunting score of Native American music and traditional musical theatre songs. The Ghosts of Celilo is a collaborative dramatic production developed, written, and composed during the last 10 years by Marv Ross, Thomas Morning Owl (Umatilla), Chenoa Egawa (Lummi), Arlie Neshakhi (Navajo), and Tom Hampson. Greg Tamblyn joined this group several years ago as the director of The Ghosts of Celilo.

Great Backyard Bird Count

2011-02-20T11:00:00.000-08:00

Presenter: Event Start Time: 1:00 pm
Event End Time: 2:00 pm
Coordinator: Sally Freeman
Coordinator Contact: 503-861-4424, sally_freeman@nps.gov
Starting Location: Fort Clatsop visitor center (Netul River Room) of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Event Summary: Our park has a free monthly guest speaker series, generally held on the third Sunday of the month from September through May. These programs are open to the public and feature a variety of topics.

Bridge of the Gods Puppet Show

2011-02-19T17:30:00.000-08:00

Put on by the Tears of Joy Theatre, performance location Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland OR. Puppetry brings a Native American legend to the Liberty stage. Huddle close to our campfire and listen to the story of the Bridge of the Gods. This legend tells of a fight between two brothers that caused the great land bridge in the Columbia Gorge to collapse. Join Coyote and She Who Watches as this story of the river and mountains unfolds. This remarkable play, based on a Klickitat version of the tale, is written by Native American storyteller Ed Edmo (Shoshone-Bannock), designed by Lillian Pitt (Warm Springs/Yakima) and features music by Arlie Neskahi (Dine’ Nation New Mexico) and poetry by Elizabeth Woody (Warm Springs/Yakima).

Evening Showing on the 19th of February!

More information at: http://www.liberty-theater.org/

For further information you can contact:

Robert Heacock
Washington State Secretary and Membership Chair
Email: Heacock1@mindspring.com
Phone: 509-924-4020
Barb Kubik
Chair, Washington State Governor's Lewis and Clark Trail Committee
Email: chemna@aol.com
Phone: 360.546.5949

WA-LCTHF Chapter Meeting

2011-02-05T08:30:00.000-08:00

Bridge of the Gods Puppet Show

2011-02-04T10:00:00.000-08:00

Behind-the-Scenes Collection Tour

2011-01-22T10:00:00.000-08:00

Fort Clatsop "Wintering Over"

2011-01-15T08:20:00.000-08:00

Jack Nisbet : A Reading from The Collector

2011-01-10T17:30:00.000-08:00

OR-LCTHF Events

Paddle to Squaxin Island 2012 (journey)

Canoe Family Fundraiser

Clackamas County Field Trip

Discovering the Lake Missoula Flood In Clackamas County —

The Columbia River Gorge - Garden of the Corps of Discovery

Home Printing

Professional Print Shop

A Student in the Pacific Northwest: Sacagawea Travels the Columbia River

Paddle to Squaxin Island 2012 (practice)

Canoe Family Fundraiser

“Wintering Over” at Fort Clatsop

Getting to Know Sacagawea

Oregon Chapter Christmas Dinner

The Air Gun of Meriwether Lewis on Brunot’s Island

Washington State Chapter Meeting

Joint Meeting - Washington, Idaho, and Oregon Chapters

Northwest History Detective Appears at Tualatin Heritage Center

The Old Aurora Colony: Willie Keil's Dream

The Daughter's Walk: A Northwest Story of 1896 and Beyond

Dedication of Statues of Sacagawea and Pomp with Seaman

Plankhouse at Cathlapotle Guided Walk

Coastal Indian Crafts

Ghosts of Celilo - Award-Winning Musical Play

Great Backyard Bird Count

Bridge of the Gods Puppet Show

WA-LCTHF Chapter Meeting

Bridge of the Gods Puppet Show

Behind-the-Scenes Collection Tour

Fort Clatsop "Wintering Over"

Jack Nisbet : A Reading from The Collector