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Tepee And Spotting Scopes
"Lewis & Clark Challenge Course"
at the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana. 
Interactive series of 14 stations offers families a chance for a hands-on experience of the
Lewis & Clark adventure. 
 
Open Memorial Day - Labor Day. For more information call
 406- 994- 2251.

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Through October 15, 2008: "Lewis and Clark Traveling Exhibit" at the American President's Museum in Branson, Missouri.  The Missouri State Historical Society's  traveling exhibit is at the end of it's travels.  The exhibit will be housed at America's Presidency for two-year stay.  Included in the exhibit hall, visitors will view the complete time line of the two expedition, as well as examples of what they packed, traded and discovered along the way. For more information call: 417-334-8683. 


August 2, 2008, 7 - 8 PM:  Indian Voices Program at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana.  For more information call: 406-727-8733.


August 7 - 9, 20008: Corps of Discovery with Mike Crosby in the Meriwether Theatre, Sacajawea Center, Salmon, Idaho.  Program info >>


August 8, 2008, 7 - 8 PM:  BIRD WOMAN at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana. Sacagawea is one of the best remembered members of the Lewis and Clark expedition.  Join Andy Geiszler  for an informal program along the banks of the Missouri River.   For more information call: 406-727-8733.


August 9, 2008, 7 - 8 PM:  Indian Voices Program at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana.  For more information call: 406-727-8733.


August 10 - 13, 2008:  Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage annual meeting in Great Falls, Montana.  Learn more and plan to attend! >>


August 14 - 16, 20008: Corps of Discovery with Mike Crosby in the Meriwether Theatre, Sacajawea Center, Salmon, Idaho.  Program info >>


August 15 - 17, 2008: THE SALTMAKERS RETURN to Seaside, Oregon.  The annual 48-hour program on the beach in Seaside where The Corps of Discovery makes salt and trades with visitors. For more information contact the Seaside Museum.


August 15, 2008, 7 - 8 PM:  SURVIVAL SKILLS OF THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana. The members of the Lewis and Clark expedition required a range of specialized skills to survive on the trail. Join Kristi Gilleon for an informal program along the banks of the Missouri River.   For more information call: 406-727-8733.


August 16 - September 27, 2008:  "A Litany of Salmon and Carve" at the The Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History in Lewiston, Idaho.  A Litany of Salmon features over 20 watercolor paintings accompanied by a written litany. It explores the many extinct salmon species of the Inland Northwest rivers.  For more information call 208-792-2243. 


August 16, 2008, 7 - 8 PM:  Indian Voices Program - ARIKARA SCOUTS at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana.  The Arikara people were contacted by Lewis and Clark, but that was only the beginning of a complex relationship ... Join Monte Yellow Bird for an informal program along the banks of the Missouri River.   For more information call: 406-727-8733.


August 16 - 17, 2008:" Lewis and Clark Heritage Days" at Elk Point, South Dakota.   See democracy in action!  For more information contact: 605-356-2465. 


August 21 - 23, 20008: Corps of Discovery with Mike Crosby in the Meriwether Theatre, Sacajawea Center, Salmon, Idaho.  Program info >>


August 23, 2008, 7 - 8 PM:  Indian Voices Program at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana.  For more information call: 406-727-8733.


August 23, 2008, 9 AM:  First Walk: The ceremonial opening of the Vancouver Land Bridge, Washington.  The beautiful Vancouver Land Bridge, the second Confluence Project site, is now complete. Please help us celebrate with an inaugural walk across this beautiful earth-covered pedestrian bridge that arcs over State Highway 14. We’ll start at historic Fort Vancouver and stroll south toward Old Apple Tree Park, taking in the view and the regional plantings along the way. Join artist Maya Lin, lead architect Johnpaul Jones, and distinguished colleagues and public figures for a brief ceremony underscoring the link between the sparkling Columbia River and the people of this region. 

4 PM: A dedication of the third completed Confluence Project site, the bird blind at the Sandy River DeltaTake a family-friendly one-mile walk to the completed elliptical bird blind on the quiet, reflective Sandy River Delta. This new sanctuary—rising among the trees at the water’s edge—is the third completed project for the Confluence Project. After our visit to the bird blind, we’ll hear remarks by artist Maya Lin and other participants, then cool off from the summer’s heat with an old-fashioned ice cream social.


August 23, 2008:  Salmon Walk at the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton, Oregon.  More information call: 541-966-9748.


August 28 - 30, 20008: Corps of Discovery with Mike Crosby in the Meriwether Theatre, Sacajawea Center, Salmon, Idaho.  Program info >>


August 29, 2008, 7 - 8 PM:  AN EVENING WITH PIERRE CRUZATTE'S GHOST at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana. Cruzatte was of the most unique members of the  Lewis and Clark expedition - boatman, fiddler, and the man who shot Meriwether Lewis!   Join Richard Baker for an informal program along the banks of the Missouri River.   For more information call: 406-727-8733.


August 30, 2008, 7 - 8 PM:  Indian Voices Program - NATIVE FLUTE PLAYING at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls, Montana.  The wind flute has become a fixture in Native American popular culture.  Join Daryl Shortman for an informal program of music along the banks of the Missouri River.  For more information call: 406-727-8733.


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