The Oregon Chapter will host our annual holiday potluck 4–7 PM on December 3, 2016, at the Oregon coast at Fort Clatsop.

Lorna Hainesworth, the Maryland author, will speak on “The Corps and the War of 1812”. She last visited our chapter in 2010, when touring the West Coast.

The $10 fee will fund a meat dish and all the utensils, donations will fund the wine, and participants will bring the rest of the food and beverages “pot luck”.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

+ TALK by DR. STEVEN McCLURE – TITLED "MYTHING THE WILLAMETTE: HOW CLARK'S RETROGRADE B TEAM COMPLETED THE EXPEDITION'S MISSION."

Oregon chapter member, Dr. Steven McClure, will share recent discoveries and theories about the Lewis & Clark Expedition's exploration of the Willamette River, including maps that indicate where Captain William Clark's canoe party camped in what is now the North Portland, Oregon area on April 2, 1806." For background information, read this: http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/willamette_river_terminal_4.html)

This great Explore More activity is being held at Cathedral Park beneath the St. Johns Bridge in Portland Oregon. Gary and Faye Moulton have indicated that they may be able to join us at the picnic, too, as they will be in the area.

To get to Cathedral Park, follow Hwy 30 west from downtown Portland. Go across the St. John’s bridge. Turn left on Ivanhoe. Go 2 blocks and turn left on Baltimore Avenue which aligns parallel with the bridge. Follow Baltimore down to the park. At the bottom of the hill you will come to a sign reading "Cathedral Park." Turn left at the "Cathedral Park" sign. The picnic area parking lot is to your immediate right. Free parking is also available on several side streets if that lot is full. You risk a fine if you park in the large parking lot for the boat ramp. (See attached maps at the bottom)

There are nine picnic tables, most of which have shade, between the restrooms at the boat launch area and this parking lot. We will gather in the center of the picnic area where Dr. Steven McClure will have our Chapter banner displayed. The Park’s L&C interpretive sign is only 15-20 yards from the nearby restroom.

Bring some food to share, your own utensils and your own chair(s) if you don’t want to sit on the bench of the picnic tables. Added feature for our really active members – You can hike up the hill to the sidewalk on the North side of the bridge and look down on Clark’s campsite.

Hope to see you there!

 AKA Clark’s Point of View Date: Saturday, August 20, 2016
Time: 9:30 AM (at the N. Trail head)

Meet at the North Trail Head in Seaside to organize a car shuttle. State Park’s entrance fee of $5 per vehicle.

Please Note this is a 6.3 mile strenuous hike.
Carry a lunch, the ten essentials, and dress appropriately.

Directions to the North Trail Head: Travel west on Avenue U in S. Seaside, turn left on Ocean Vista Dr., travel to Sunset Blvd and continue to the end of the road.

Join us to retrace William Clark’s historic hike over Tillamook Head on his way to the beached whale to collect food for the Corps of Discovery. We will meet at the North trail head in Seaside and organize a car shuttle. Leaving some cars at this trail head we will drive to Les Shirley Park for a brief stop to view the location of McNeal’s Folly and Clarks Campsite of January 8, 1806. Then we will travel to Indian Beach and discuss the location of the Indian dwelling Clark described, the canoe burials on the hillside, and the Kitchen Middens from the old village between two creeks. Then we will start our hike. At the top of the first hill we will view WW2 era radar/observation bunkers as we pass to a view of the Point of Clark’s Point of View (Bird Point) and Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. As we proceed on we will obtains views of the Clatsop Spit and Clark’s Mountain before descending to the North Trail Head and retrieve our vehicles.

Location: Port of Portland—Terminal 2

Presented by Allen ‘Doc’ Wesselius

Tualatin Heritage Center
8700 SW Sweek Drive
Tualatin, OR 97062
(next to the Tualatin Police Station)

"Across the Dividing Range with the horses of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" focuses on the important role that horses played in the transport and success of the Corps of Discovery. Many questions on the involvement of horses during the expedition's journey through the Pacific Northwest will be discussed. A contemporary evaluation compared to the historical record of the expedition's journalists helps to provide some of the answers for the questions pertaining to horses contemplated by students and historians of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Tualatin Heritage Center
8700 SW Sweek Drive
Tualatin, OR 97062

Lewis & Clark noted the geologic features of the Columbia Gorge, little suspecting their origin in the Missoula Floods. Follow these giant floods from their inception in Western Montana all the way to the Pacific Ocean, through an engaging presentation by Bob Setterberg. Gain a better understanding of the huge impact these floods had then and still have today.

Bob has been a docent at the Oregon History Museum since 2005. He retired from Regence BlueCross Blue Shield in 2003 after 26 years where he was in charge of sales and marketing activities for all national account business. Bob is a lifelong resident of Oregon and a graduate of Portland State University with a BS in education with a focus on U.S. history.

No charge to members or the public. Thursday, February 4, 2016 7:30–9:00 PM