Old John and the Lewis & Clark Spider Skillet

Date: February 6, 2021

Time: 01:00 PM - 08:49:36 PM

Leading: Glen Kirkpatrick

Phone: 503-829-4292

Online Event via: Zoom

Old John was a Klickitat Indian who lived on the lower Columbia River near present day Sandy Oregon. He said when he was a boy the first 'Bostons' on the Columbia River gifted his father with a cast iron three legged skillet, also called a spider skillet. This skillet was donated to the Oregon Historical Society in 1905 by one of Old John’s neighbors, Mrs. Benson, daughter of D.S. Dunbar on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Anonymous 1905, OHS Indian John Vertical File). Evidence suggests that this skillet was part of the equipment of the Corps of Discovery.

Melissa Darby is an affiliated research faculty in the Anthropology Department at Portland State University. She is principal investigator and sole proprietor of Lower Columbia Research & Archaeology. Darby has worked for over forty years as an archaeologist and historian in the Northwest and is a noted authority on the ethnohistory of the Native people of the lower Columbia River region. Her research on Native American cultures of the area includes important works on settlement patterns, plankhouse architecture, and plant foods used by the indigenous people of the region. She has contributed substantially to our understanding of the Native peoples and the world they inhabited prior to European colonization. Her book Thunder Go North the Hunt for Sir Francis Drake’s Fair & Good Bay was published by the University of Utah Press in 2019 and is about the mysterious and vexed question of where Francis Drake landed the Golden Hind in the summer of 1579.

Oregon Chapter Holiday Virtual Gathering

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Dec 6th, 3:00PM Pacific

Please join us via Zoom for our annual meeting, featuring Mark Jordan, who will speak on “L&C’s Near Misses”. Following the presentation, Oregon Chapter President Glen Kirkpatrick will preside over our annual meeting.

How Lucky are those Men — and Women? Mr. Jordan will tell stories about near disasters that could have ended the Expedition or significantly compromised its ability to succeed or resulted in the death of its participants. What danger or disaster lurked for the Expedition? Does one of the Captains almost die? More than once? Does their fully loaded keelboat almost disappear? Could they have lost Sacajawea? Grizzly attacks? Fierce savages? What kind of serious accidents did they narrowly avoid? Is it true that only one man died? Learn about these exciting adventures of 31 men, one teenage girl and her infant son.

Mark Jordan has scoured the journals and the literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition for the last 35 years. He has traveled the explorers’ route in car, on foot and in his canoe. He has written about the expedition and has lectured at the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation meetings both nationally and locally. He has taught the Expedition at the California State University of the East Bay, the University of South Carolina Beaufort, Santa Clara University and the University of California Berkeley for the Osher Life-Long Learning Institute. Mr. Jordan has extensive wilderness experience, having canoed across Canada to Hudson Bay, and on other rivers in Canada and the United States. In 2020, he was awarded the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Meritorious Achievement Award for bringing the Expedition to a broad public.

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National Foundation Leadership Briefing

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Date: from 2020-8-27

Time: 01:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Coordinator: Glen Kirkpatrick

Coordinator Contact: 503-829-4292, glen9774@gmail.com

Leader(s): Sarah Cawley, Lou Ritten

This will be a Zoom virtual meeting (details to join below)

Sarah and Lou will present ideas for the future of the National LCTHF and its relationship to local chapters.

Zoom Virtual Presentation of the Confluence Project

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Coordinator: Colin Fogarty

Coordinator Contact: 503-720-3112, colin@confluenceproject.org

Mark your calendars, Saturday July 25 at 2:00 pm the Oregon Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will host a virtual presentation on the Confluence Project. Originally planned as our summer potluck, the event has changed to a virtual meeting allowing us to enjoy this Lewis and Clark event from our own homes and stay safe! We are also inviting the Washington Chapter members and the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers to virtually join us.

Confluence at 18: A Look to the Future

Confluence began during the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial as a series of art installations by the celebrated artist Maya Lin. Eighteen years on, five of those projects are complete while one remains to be done. Along the way, Confluence has evolved its role in education as interest in Native American history and cultures have grown. Now in the current pandemic, that work has gone entirely online. Join Confluence Executive Director Colin Fogarty for an update in the mission of this small nonprofit and a look to the future.

L&C’s Near Misses

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June 27, 1:00: Mark Jordan speaks on “L&C’s Near Misses”

How Lucky are those Men – and Women? Mr. Jordan will tell stories about near disasters that could have ended the Expedition or significantly compromised its ability to succeed or resulted in the death of its participants. What danger or disaster lurked for the Expedition? Does one of the Captains almost die? More than once? Does their fully loaded keelboat almost disappear? Could they have lost Sacajawea? Grizzly attacks? Fierce savages? What kind of serious accidents did they narrowly avoid? Is it true that only one man died? Learn about these exciting adventures of 31 men, one teenage girl and her infant son.

Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler Repositioning Cruise-Porltand to Cascade Locks

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COVID-19 Update — Cruise Cancelled!

If you are one of the persons who signed up for the May 18, 2020 Cruise from Portland to Cascade Locks aboard the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler, the Cruise has been canceled. Please note the instructions below for calling in to change the status of your reservation.

Call the office on Monday morning from 9-2, we will have folks able to answer the calls. The number is 503/224-3900 or 1-800 /224-3901 Toll Free.

If you can’t call during that time frame contact Nathan directly. His number is (920)737-0020 (cell)

What Lewis & Clark Could See from Pillar Rock

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May 16 10:00 AM–2:00+PM Altoona, WA

Please join us for a joint meeting of Washington-Oregon Chapters LCTHF.

Mike Reese will present: “What Lewis & Clark Could See from Pillar Rock”, we’ll have a potluck lunch, and a tour of 11/7/1805 campsite.

Sacagawea’s Husband - Toussaint and His Story

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In six states from Fort Clatsop to Fort Mandan, Garry Bush interprets the Lewis & Clark Expedition through a different historical lens. Reference history from a French-Canadian and Native American point of view that may provoke a contrary perspective. This presentation will challenge old “truths” and expose new possibilities to examine. The Charbonneau Family impacted the opening the American West from the 1790’s through the 1860’s and this presentation focuses on Toussaint and his story.

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