A special living history program, “Commenced Making Salt,” focusing on the Lewis and Clark Expedition's salt-making activities will take place for five hours on Saturday, Aug. 15.
“Saltmakers,” part of a special living history program, “Commenced Making Salt,” focusing on the Lewis and Clark Expedition's salt-making activities will take place for five hours on Saturday, Aug. 15.
A special living history program, “Commenced Making Salt,” focusing on the Lewis and Clark Expedition's salt-making activities will take place for five hours on Saturday, Aug. 15.
“Saltmakers,” part of a special living history program, “Commenced Making Salt,” focusing on the Lewis and Clark Expedition's salt-making activities will take place for five hours on Saturday, Aug. 15.
The Friends of the Seaside Library and the Seaside Museum and Historical Society will host Lewis and Clark historian, Dr. Gary Moulton, on Thursday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. The event will take place in the Community Room.
In 1979 a project to publish a completely re-edited version of the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was under way at the University of Nebraska. This new version was co-sponsored by the Center for Great Plains Study and the editor was Dr. Moulton.
For the next 20 years Dr. Moulton studied journal entries, maps, and scientific notes. The new edition numbered 12 regular volumes, including an atlas of maps, the journals of Lewis, Clark, John Ordway, Charles Floyd, Patrick Glass, and Joseph Whitehouse. There was also a volume of the expedition’s botanical specimens, plus a comprehensive index. Dr. Moulton would have to decipher the hand written text of these journals from micro film or the original texts to get the most accurate reading possible. This proved to be a real challenge with poor penmanship, improper spelling and the age of the entries. For example, Captain Clark spelled the Indian tribe Sioux 27 different ways. It was Dr. Moulton’s dedication to this project that produced the most comprehensive works of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in print today.
Dr. Moulton will focus his talk at the library on history in and around the Seaside area, which will include the salt-making camp, as well as the whale expedition over Tillamook Head.
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