Fort Clatsop Book Club March Selection

Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from the Lewis & Clark Trail By Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs More than two hundred years later, the “voyage of discovery”—with its outsized characters, geographic marvels, and wondrous moments of adventure and mystery—continues to draw us along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs first fell […]

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Guns of the Expedition

With so much of the Lewis and Clark Expedition focused on the new and undocumented, it can be easy to forget that when they arrived at the mouth of the Columbia they were entering territory well explored. Not only was the region already on the maps, but it was also constantly visited by trade ships

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Counting the Oregon Silverspot Butterfly

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park staff, in partnership with other organizations, participated in the Oregon silverspot butterfly (OSB) release this June. Volunteers carrying coolers full of larvae hiked up Saddle Mountain in search of meadows of early blue violets. Early blue violets, Violeta adunca, are the sole host plant for the OSB. The captive

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Objects Worthy of Notice: Insects both Large and Small

When Thomas Jefferson directed Lewis and Clark to observe “objects worthy of notice,” he went on to specify “the animals of the country generally, & especially those not known in the U.S.” This instruction included insects, and the Corps of Discovery did not disappoint. Jefferson also directed Lewis to pay close attention to the seasons,

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Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month was created with the mission of celebrating women who revolutionized our world. This year, we’d like to share the stories of four women who influenced the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Pacific Northwest History.

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Your Park Story

As an NPS partner, we at the LCNPA want to kick off 2023 by celebrating YOU! We want to know what our beautiful National Parks mean to you and how they have impacted your lives.

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