through September 6, 2004: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Discovering Idaho: The World of Lewis and Clark exhibit at the Museum of Idaho is over 11,000 square feet in size and hosts a variety of exhibit items: a Shoshone village; the boats, animals and plants of Lewis and Clark; Lewis and Clark original and replicated items; Discovering the Rivers of Lewis and Clark presented by American Rivers; and more. There are over 800 items of the Lewis and Clark time from 38 different institutions, organizations, agencies, or individuals from 10 different states across the country. Please go to www.museumofidaho.org or call 208-522-1400 for more information.

every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from now until July 3, Independence, Missouri
Lewis and Clark: A Dog’s Eye View. On Thursday and Friday, the shows will be at 10 a.m. and noon; on Saturday, noon only. This family-oriented, original puppet show co-sponsored by the Puppetry Arts Institute and the National Frontier Trails Museum tells the story of the voyage of discovery from the point of view of animal marionettes. $6.00 per person includes museum admission. 318 W. Pacific, Independence, MO. (816) 325-7575

Jan. 14-Sept. 6, 2004: Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition. Two hundred years after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from St. Louis on their transcontinental journey of exploration, a major state-of-the-art exhibition will commemorate their adventure. www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org

May 13-16, 2004: Hartford & Wood River, Illinois
Discovery Expedition reenactors launch the pirogues and keelboat from Camp River Dubois and cross the Mississippi River to enter the mouth of the Missouri.

May 14-23, 2004: St. Charles, Missouri
Awaiting Lewis to join them overland from St. Louis, the boats pause at St. Charles and enjoy local hospitality. Reenactors create St. Charles in 1804, including Indian visitors.

May 16, 2004, Fort Clatsop National Memorial
In Their Footsteps: Discovering the Corps: “Archeology at Fort Clatsop”
Fort Clatsop National Memorial’s next free guest speaker program will be on Sunday, May 16 at 1:00 p.m. Julie Stein will present “Archeology at Fort Clatsop.” At Fort Clatsop National Memorial, Dr. Stein has been involved in the archeology that began in the 1990s. Her study involved augering soil samples to look for evidence of the original Fort Clatsop campsite. Her presentation will focus on the analysis that her students have been making from these soil samples. For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471.

June 5, 2004: Independence, Missouri
“Lewis and Clark Trails Breakfast”  Feast on a hearty breakfast outside on the grounds of the historic Bingham-Waggoner Estate, located right along the Santa Fe Trail. Music of the time of Lewis and Clark, a special Lewis and Clark visitor and wagon rides (nominal fee) around the estate. Advance reservations requested. 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Price not determined. Contact: Barbara White, Director of Bingham-Waggoner Estate, 313 W. Pacific, Independence MO. 816-461-3491. www.bwestate.org 

June 5, 2004: Independence, Missouri
“On the Trail with Lewis and Clark”  Swales walks leaving from The National Frontier Trails Museum and touring swales, or wagon ruts,at the historic restored Bingham-Waggoner Estate. 8, 9 and 10 a.m. $5.00 per person includes museum admission.
                       
June 11, 12 and 13: Brunswick, Missouri
A three day Commemoration.  The Corp of Discovery Reenactors will be at the Brunswick Marina for the weekend.  Contact Mary Nicholson Brunswick Lewis and Clark Committee Chairman at 660-548-9771 or whitetailrun@c-magic.com for more details.  Thanks, Mary and Don Riddle Brunswick Lewis and Clark Committee members.

June 12, 2004: Independence, Missouri
“Fare For the Expedition” program at The National Frontier Trails Museum. Journal entries record the foods that kept the Lewis and Clark travelers alive during their two year, four month and nine day adventure. Through anecdote and documentation, Nancy Lewis and Anne Mallinson weave tales of the journey with special emphasis on the supplies taken and the wild plants and animals used along the way. Audience members can enjoy a taste of four different dishes that the men of the expedition ate. 2 p.m. Free with regular museum admission, $4 adults, $3.50 Srs, $2.50 youth.
 
June 17, 2004: Independence, Missouri
“Exploring with Lewis and Clark” a family program including a tour of The Lewis and Clark exhibit and hands on activities at The National Frontier Tails Museum. 10 to 11:30 a.m. $5.00  per person includes admission.
                       
June 18-23, 2004: Independence, Missouri
Commemoration of Lewis and Clark Bicentennial at Fort Osage National Historic Landmark. Special to the event will be The National Park Service’s critically acclaimed traveling exhibit “Corps II’, including “Tent of Many Voices”, a participatory venue for sharing cultures. Interpretative programming will feature the United States Army Corps of Engineers Lewis & Clark Interpretive Group presenting extraordinary accurate living history interpretation. The river transportation aspects of the Expedition will be interpreted by the Discovery Expedition with replicas of the keelboat and pirogues. Interpretation within the Fort will illustrate frontier military and civilian life in the early 1800s. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fort Osage near Sibley, Missouri. Contact: Gordon Julich gjulich@gw.co.jackson.mo.us. www.jacksongov.org, link to Recreation, then “historic sites.” $3 adults, $2 seniors and youth, 5 and under free. 816-795-8200 x 1260

June 25-26, 2004: Sugar Creek, Missouri at LaBenite Park
Lewis and Clark Festival on the River: Lewis & Clark Reenactment, Traditional Music, Missouri River Displays, Children's Events. The festival will include interpreters in authentic dress, foods from the time period, 19th century crafts, and horse and wagon rides are planned through the event, giving visitors the opportunity to step back in time and experience life as Lewis & Clark did. Admission is free to the public. For more information please contact 816-252-4413 ext. 302

June 25-27, 2004: St. Joseph, Missouri
Sacred Hills Mini-Encampment. 816-232-1240

June 27-28, 2004: Weston, Missouri
Lewis & Clark Trad'n Days. Re-enactors, demonstrations, journal readings, speakers, and more bring together the fur trade and area Indian cultures of Weston's 1833 founding.

July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2004: Independence, Missouri
“Exploring with Lewis and Clark” a family program including a tour of The Lewis and Clark exhibit and hands on activities at The National Frontier Trails Museum. 10 to 11:30 a.m.  $5.00 per person includes admission.

July 3, 2004, Independence, Missouri
The City of Independence is offering a free, family-friendly evening of entertainment with a show by the Dutton Family, direct from their theater in Branson, Missouri. In addition to the Dutton’s regular program of bluegrass, country, classical, gospel, folk, and rock and roll, instruments, music, and costumes of the Lewis and Clark era will be included. Jet fly-over and sky divers. Live patriotic music by the Spirit of Independence Community Band plays during a breathtaking fireworks display. Mormon Visitors Center, 937 W. Walnut. Free Admission. 816-836-3466

July 3-4, 2004: Atchison and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri
A Journey Fourth: Reenactors, period boats, historical exhibits, speakers' symposium, "Concert in the Sky" fireworks set to music, and more, to celebrate the Corps' passage on Independence Day 1804. 402-471-3368

July 20, 2004: Independence, Missouri
“Tales of Lewis and Clark” Historian and re-enactor Mark Armato will give a first person interpretation of the Lewis and Clark expedition from the perspective of a member of the Corps of Discovery. At The National Frontier  Trails Museum. 2 p.m. $6.00 per person includes museum admission and light refreshments.

July 22-25, 2004, Mandan, North Dakota
The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Wagon Train. Climb aboard for a 4-day adventure that will take you back 200 years! Join us on our journey by covered wagon or horseback as we follow Lewis and Clark’s path up the beautiful Missouri River. Camp under the stars for 4 nights, while we care for your regular rest stops, lunch breaks, and large evening meals. Hurry—we have limited space for only the first 75 people that apply! For more information call (701) 873-2410 or (701) 258-1312 or visit us on the web www.lewis-clarkwagontrain.com

July 30-August 3, 2004: Fort Atkinson Historical Park, Fort Calhoun, Nebraska
First Tribal Council (in homeland of the Otoe-Missouria, Omaha, and Pawnee nations) commemorates the Corps' first formal meeting with Native Americans. 402-472-9333, www.visitnebraska.org

July 30-August. 3, 2004: Omaha, Nebraska
First Annual World Commemoration of the Nebraska Lewis and Clark Powwow. Indians from all nations the expedition contacted, and all of North America, are invited to participate. 402-471-3368, www.visitnebraska.org

August 1-4, 2004: Bismarck, North Dakota
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Annual Conference.

August 20-21, 2004: Sioux City, Iowa
Sergeant Floyd 1804 Living History Encampment. 712-279-0198

August 27-28, 2004: Chamberlain/Oacoma, South Dakota
Oceti Sakowin: Remembering & Education. Oceti Sakowin means the Seven Council Fires of the Sioux, and recalls the expedition's visits with the Teton and Yankton Sioux. Information at www.travelsd.com

August 27, 28 and 29, 2004: Training Dike at Gavins Point Dam, Yankton, South Dakota
Lewis and Clark Festival: Come relive the experience of Lewis and Clark 's first encounter with the Yankton Sioux on Calumet Bluff in beautiful southeastern South Dakota. Yankton 's 2004 Festival will include a tribal council re-enactment, a tipi village with Native American Cultural Education, Native American dancing, Trader 's Row, the Corps of Discovery keelboat and pirogues, a music jamboree, kayaking adventures and much more. Call (402) 667-2550 for more information.

October 22-31, 2004: Bismarck, North Dakota
Circles of Cultures, Time of Renewal and Exchange in Historical Homelands of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara nations. Reenactors also portray the trading Mecca of the Northern Plains, the Mandan-Hidatsa villages where the Corps wintered in 1804-1805. 701-663-4758, www.fortlincoln.com

November 2004 through March 2005: Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition. 215-299-1000

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