Robert J. Moore, Jr. and Michael Haynes

Robert J. Moore, Jr., has cultivated a rich background in history, art, and film. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University, a master's degree in history from Washington University in St. Louis, and is currently completing the requirements for a Ph.D. in history at the latter institution. Since 1991 he has been the National Park Service historian at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis.

Born and raised in Oriskany, New York, Moore has work for the National Park Service for more than twenty years, in such diverse locations as Saratoga, Yorktown, Morristown, Gettysburg, and Sagamore Hill. His scholarly interests include the history of America's westward expansion, art and motion picture history, American Indians, conservation, the progressive Era, and Presidential history. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Susan, and two daughters.

Michael Haynes has become the premiere iconographer of the Lewis and Clark story for the 21st century. After completing his art education at Auburn University in 1977, He returned to St. Louis to work as a staff artist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch until 1978, when he launched his freelance career full time. Since then he has created commissioned artwork for such clients as Anhueser-Busch, Civil War Times Illustrated, Time-Life, Miller Brewing Company, Warner Books, and the National Park Service.

A lifelong interest in history has inspired his passion for historically oriented painting, and he is devoted to getting the look and details of a time period correct. His experience as a horse wrangler and extra on movies such as Glory, Son of the Morning Star, and Far and Away, gave him further insight into those time periods. Haynes also was a consultant for the correct horse tack and furnishings for The Last of the Mohicans. His paintings of uniforms and dress of the Corps of Discovery were selected as guides for the clothing created for National Geographic films on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.