|
|
|
|||||
Archive:
| |||||
Pat Roberts, right, gives a salute to a photograph of Capt. William Clark during a Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame induction for Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Clark ... Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the men for whom the new center was named. (Leavenworth Times, KS)
Flag ceremony hosted in new venue Aug 15, 2007
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the men for whom the new CGSC home was named. He said the group the two men led across the Louisiana Purchase in the early 19th century was diverse. (Leavenworth Times, KS)
Meriwether Lewis Arts, Crafts Fair seeks vendors Aug 11, 2007
Set beneath the shady trees of the Natchez Trace Park, the Meriwether Lewis Arts and Crafts Fair is a celebration of the region s pioneer heritage. For 36 years, its name has been synonymous throughout the Southeast as one of the finest displays of authentic crafting. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Lewis, Clark led Corps of Discovery Aug 10, 2007
Meriwether Lewis' name is misspelled on the marker ... Led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the military, scientific and diplomatic expedition included 33 permanent party members, who were virtually all Soldiers. (Leavenworth Lamp, KS)
Biologists tracking the impact of West Nile on sage grouse Aug 8, 2007
First identified by explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the sage grouse once inhabited the vast sagebrush and rangeland of the West, stretching from Washington and eastern California across Idaho, Wyoming and Montana and east to North Dakota and Kansas. In the early 1800s, sage grouse populations were pegged at 1. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Teachers use summer to sharpen skills, earn extra income Jul 21, 2007
She is spending her summer studying about the travels of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. he history book I teach out of doesn't say much, she said. (Fremont Tribune, NE)
Meanwhile: Beware of suspicious medicine men Jul 12, 2007
Anyone who can write 3,000 words deconstructing "The House of Mirth" and find the subtexts and the overtones of Sylvia Plath, the Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun," the journals of Meriwether Lewis, and MySpace, has done enough violence and lost his appetite for terror. At the moment, a half-million English majors are employed in the service and hospitality industry, but they are ready to answer their country's call and assume responsible positions in the field of health-care security. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Celebrating 25 years of preservation Jul 11, 2007
LOADING Jul 11, 2007 - 04:05:42 CDT By ALYSSA SCHAFER Bismarck Tribune Just south of Fort Mandan, Meriwether Lewis wrote about the "handsome hight prairie" that bordered the Missouri River in 1804. Like Lewis, the Nature Conservancy noticed the area's rolling prairie and quiet beauty. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Salmon eaters Part II Jun 16, 2007
They passed Alkali Flats, where Meriwether Lewis came face-to-face with 60 mounted Shoshone warriors in 1805. Finally, they arrived at the park where other descendants of the tribe had gathered after walking the 12-mile path to get there. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
A North Dakota summer: From wagon train to winery May 27, 2007
Famous explorers Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark camped across the river from the ranch during their expedition. Sharp-tail grouse blinds are available by reservation for a chance to observe the birds' annual mating ritual. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Seaman to star at Memorial Day event May 23, 2007
Capt. Meriwether Lewis documented the night of May 29, 1805, when Seaman's barking saved sleeping Corps of Discovery soldiers from a charging buffalo bull ... in 1803 for 20 by Meriwether Lewis. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Fulton commissioner slams hospital board May 23, 2007
The assistant received a reply from Polly Meriwether Lewis, executive liaison to the hospital authority, saying the meeting was an "executive session for the Trustees. However, I have apprised the Board Chair of her request.". Riley said her office heard nothing further, so she showed up for the meeting and was denied admission. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Historical chapter marks 20 years May 2, 2007
Most people had heard about Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in 1987, but few were doing much about them. University of Montana professor Harry Fritz suggested to a fledgling group of aficionados in western Montana that they form a chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. (Missoulian, MT)
A drying trend? Apr 27, 2007
That night, as Meriwether Lewis penned in his journals, the words he wrote represent the first written history of Montana. Before, everything was oral. (Big Sky Lone Peak Lookout, MT)
Weber '64 bronzes baseball's best Apr 18, 2007
Here's a trivia question for the next weekly campus events email: What do baseball slugger Mark McGwire, American explorer Meriwether Lewis, playwright Tennessee Williams and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's dog have in common. The answer: The likeness of each has been expertly enshrined in bronze by prizewinning sculptor Harry Weber '64. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Our readers speak Mar 27, 2007
For example, consider Meriwether Lewis journal entry from 14 August 1805, made at the Three Forks of the Missouri River: We have killed no mule deer since we lay here, they are all of the longtailed red deer [i. e. white-tailed deer] which appear quite as large as those of the United States. (Montana Standard, MT)
A town of tall men, explorers and ghosts Mar 12, 2007
where Clark's group met up with a group led by Capt. Meriwether Lewis. Never mind that Lewis himself wrote in his journal that "the mouth of the river Dubois is to be considered as the point of departure.". (Chicago Tribune)
• Explorer David Thompson celebrated Mar 11, 2007
No sooner did Meriwether Lewis and William Clark amble off into the sunrise than along came David Thompson, slowly making his way down from Canada. Thompson was a London-born explorer, surveyor and trader for the Hudson's Bay Co. and North West Co. He spent most of five years prowling the Columbia River basin of the Rocky Mountains starting in 1807 - the year after Lewis and Clark returned home from their western expedition. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
America, Canada set to celebrate the legacy of explorer David Thompson Mar 5, 2007
No sooner did Meriwether Lewis and William Clark amble off into the sunrise than along came David Thompson, slowly making his way down from Canada. He's the guy who found the Kootenai farming tobacco in, yep, the Tobacco River country near Eureka in 1808. (Missoulian, MT)
History in real time: Scholar brings president to life Mar 3, 2007 New $1 coins released today Feb 15, 2007 • ND Senate wants to make 'temporary' motel tax permanent Feb 10, 2007 • Youngsters pitch chokecherry as state fruit Jan 20, 2007 Photographer Ron Lowery Follows Path Via Air of Fabled Explorers Jan 19, 2007 The urbex lifestyle Jan 14, 2007 Treasure Hunters Jan 12, 2007 Ethan Foster is member of championship team Jan 9, 2007 Our View: We could learn from Oregon parks' success Jan 5, 2007
Jenkinson is an author and social commentator who lectures and portrays Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and John Wesley Powell around the country. He has presented more than 15 times in Helena including twice for the Montana Legislature. (Helena Independent Record)
The National Weather Service has issued an alert. Click here for full text of the alert. ... ';var marqueewidth="505px";var marqueeheight="18px";var marqueebgcolor="#";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}} Mar 2, 2007
Keira Riggleman and Kathleen White portrayed explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, respectively. Lacie Dague portrayed their Native American guide Sacajawea. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
And Sacagawea led Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Pacific, but couldnt guide Americans toward a $1 coin. Can the collective gusto of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson complete the job where the others failed. (McAllen Monitor, TX)
On orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a trip up the Missouri River in May 1804 to explore the Pacific Northwest. The expedition ended in September 1806, and the bicentennial celebration, which featured two "signature" events in North Dakota, is over. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Hailey Horob read an excerpt from the journal of explorer Meriwether Lewis, who wrote on June 12, 1805, that he had boiled chokecherries and bark to fashion a medicinal brew. "My fever abated, a gentle perspiration was produced, and I had a comfortable and refreshing night's rest," Hailey read. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
For those of us with a murky recollection of our own history classes, here's a recap: President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Army officers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the western half of the continent following the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, in which the United States bought 530 million acres of land from France. The territory ended at the Rocky Mountains, but the officers sojourned all the way to the Pacific Ocean. (The Ledger)
January 14, 2007 ONLINE EDITION. The boarded-up KD Station has lured urban explorers to Sioux City since it closed in 2004. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
This week they face complicated codes devised by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their historic exploration of the American West. an error occurred while processing this directive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Savanna Collie has done it again this year in Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative s poster contest, achieving honorable mention for her piece of art, in grades 3-5 at Lewis County Elementary School. There were over 500 posters in this contest from Lewis, Perry, Hickman, Houston and Humphreys with the theme of We Shine as One. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Of course, earlier this decade marked the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis' and William Clark's expedition across the West to the Pacific Ocean. Granted, Redwood National Park can't boast the likes of Lewis and Clark to draw visitors. (Daily Triplicate)
Back to History News
©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc.
All rights reserved. Patents pending.
Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009 |