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onceived in 1993, and online since 1998, Discovering Lewis & Clark® is a hyperhistory in progress. It is enhanced by at least one new interpretive episode each month, employing a variety of multmedia techniques. It focuses on issues, values and visions relating to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, its preludes, and its aftermath up to the present time. Click here to view an introduction.
Still to come in 2008
he series, "Day by Day with Lewis and Clark", consisting of 635 audio vignettes produced by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance; Castle McLaughlin, of Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, will interpret some of the cultural significances of Indians' gifts that Lewis and Clark brought back; some answers to those "Lingering Questions" about the design and navigation of dugout canoes, by William W. Bevis, scholar, author and veteran canoeist ; The Legacy of Lewis and Clark's European Vision of the American West, by Doug Erickson, archivist and head of special collections at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon; those famous "'Three curses' of Meriwether Lewis"; and "The Sonic Substance of the Lewis and Clark Trail."
New in April 2008
eaturing Where Credit is Due, an eight-part study of hunting in America before, during and after the Federalist Era, and the unique challenges faced by the hunters in the Corps of Discovery.
A complete re-coding of Discovering Lewis & Clark® currently is under way. For most visitors this will enable quicker access to the contents of the site. An improved search engine will provide more reliable subject, keyword, and Boolean explorations of the site's broad range of topics. Completion is scheduled for mid-September of 2008.
Recent Additions:
he third episode in cultural journalist Rick Newby's series, From the Marias to the Yellowstone; 200 Years of Change on the Upper Missouri is titled "Building a Ranch: Two Highline Families."
Revisions of four old pages concerning the Milk River, containing two aerial photos by Jim Wark, and three lithographs by John Mix Stanley, one of the artists with the Railroad Survey expedition of 1853-55.
Revisions and an addition to "Roosevelt Elk, Cervus canadensis roosevelti", including a fine sequence of footage by wildlife videographer Mike Dreesman, of Egleye. This is the subspecies of the Rocky Mountain Elk that the Corps depended upon for meat at Fort Clatsop.
We continue to welcome not only corrections of facts but also serious discussions of any topics, new or old, that appear in Discovering Lewis & Clark®. For an example of the way in which we accommodate extended comments, see "Adding it Up."
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here are a number of ways to navigate Discovering Lewis & Clark®. You can explore most of the contents through links from Prof. Harry W. Fritz's synopsis, Lewis & Clark-- A Western Adventure, A National Epic . Alternatively, you can navigate via the the "Discovery Paths" and "Journal Excerpts" menus in the navigation frame at left.
You may use the Search utility to find pages about specific topics, or browse the Table of Contents, which lists all the pages in the site.
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onceived in 1993, and online since 1998, Discovering Lewis & Clark® is a hyperhistory in progress. It is enhanced by at least one new interpretive episode each month, employing a variety of multmedia techniques. It focuses on issues, values and visions relating to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, its preludes, and its aftermath up to the present time. 
he series, "Day by Day with Lewis and Clark", consisting of 635 audio vignettes produced by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance; Castle McLaughlin, of Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, will interpret some of the cultural significances of Indians' gifts that Lewis and Clark brought back; some answers to those "Lingering Questions" about the design and navigation of dugout canoes, by William W. Bevis, scholar, author and veteran canoeist ; The Legacy of Lewis and Clark's European Vision of the American West, by Doug Erickson, archivist and head of special collections at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon; those famous "'Three curses' of Meriwether Lewis"; and "The Sonic Substance of the Lewis and Clark Trail."
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