Waiting for Lewis And Clark: The Bicentennial And The Changing West

by Sarasohn, David

• ISBN13: 9780875952956
• ISBN10: 087595295X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

Across thousands of miles, Indian tribes, environmental activists, tourism promoters, and keelboat re-enactors saw the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial as a rare opportunity. The 200th anniversary of the expedition that helped open the West arrived at a time of seismic change in the region- a time when its economy, politics, and even population were shifting sharply. For three years, journalist and historian David Sarasohn followed the planning of the Bicentennial, recording how the past was being invoked to commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition and talking to those whose ideas were shaping national and regional events.Like the expedition itself, Waiting for Lewis and Clark ranges from Monticello and Washington, D.C., down the length of the Missouri, and over the Rockies to the Pacific, depicting three Wests: the past, the present, and the dreams of Westerners.

Author Biography

David Sarasohn is associate editor of The Oregonian in Portland and a nationally syndicated columnist for the Newhouse News service.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction The Trail that Never Ends	3	(7)
Profile / Gerard Baker	10	(7)
Setting Out	17	(22)
Profile / Robert Archibald	31	(8)
The Tribal Trail	39	(30)
Profile / Roberta ``Bobbie'' Conner	61	(8)
Returning to the Land	69	(26)
Profile / Mary Kiesau	87	(8)
The River Runs Through It	95	(28)
Profile / Maya Lin	116	(7)
The New West, with Postcards	123	(24)
Profile / James Ronda	140	(7)
Legacy and Souvenirs	147	(26)
Note on Photographs	173	(2)
Note on Sources	175	(2)
Index	177	(5)
About the Author	182