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Contact: Jeff
Morgan, Jeff.Morgan@iowa.gov,
(515) 281-3858
(DES
MOINES) – The Western Historic Trails
Center will host its annual Lewis & Clark White
Catfish Camp Living History Weekend this month to
commemorate the Corps of Discovery explorers who made
camp near Council Bluffs in 1804 during their historic
journey up the Missouri River.
The event is scheduled 9 a.m.-6 p.m. July 22-23 at
the Western Historic Trails Center, 3434 Richard Downing
Avenue in Council Bluffs. Admission is free and open
to the public.
“It’s going to be a fun-filled weekend
for the entire family,” WHTC Site Manager K.C.
Hummel said. “We’re very fortunate to
offer a theatrical presentation of Lewis and Clark
and the End of the World and Kevin Locke, an
internationally renowned Lakota storyteller, flutist
and hoop dancer. We will also have Native American
food for sale prepared by Wynema Morris and her family.
Wynema is from the Omaha tribe and is a member of
the Iowa Lewis & Clark Commission.”
White Catfish Camp has its roots in July 1804 when
Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery made camp
near present-day Council Bluffs, Iowa. The 5-day stop
was an opportunity to repair equipment and make astronomical
observations. On July 24, 1804, one of the explorers,
Silas Goodrich, caught an albino catfish, giving the
camp its name.
Following is the event schedule:
Saturday, July 22
9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Gift Shop, Boat display, Discovery Corps camp open
9 a.m.
Bob Pawloski – Following Lewis & Clark
on the World Wide Web
10:15 a.m.
Kevin Locke – Lakota Hoop Dance, storyteller
and flutist
11:30 a.m.
Wynema Morris – Pvts. Cruzatte and LaBiche,
Omaha-Frenchmen of the Corps
Noon
*Native American food for sale
12:30 p.m.
Kevin Locke, playing flute in the atrium
1 p.m.
Carl Camp – Seaman: The Corps of Discovery’s
Canine Voageur
2-3:30 p.m.
Lewis and Clark and the End of the World
– play
4 p.m.
Kevin Locke – hoop dancer
Sunday, July 23
9 a.m.-6p.m.
Gift Shop, Boat display, Discovery Corps
9:30 a.m.
Chet Worm/Della Bauer – Catfish, the Missouri
River and other Lewis and Clark tales.
10:30 a.m.
Bat Shunatona, Otoe/Missouria – Tracing
his ancestors to Big Horse
Noon
*Native American food for sale
12:30 p.m.
Matt Jones - Otoe and Missouria meet Big Knives
followed by book signing
1:30 p.m.
Mary Green Vickrey – Songs of Lewis &
Clark
2:30 p.m.
Tony Hunolt – John Coulter
3:30 p.m.
Jack Christ – Reading Between the Lines
4:30 p.m.
Peggy Christ – Only One Man Died! The Health
Aspects of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
The event is supported by an $8,000 grant from the
National Park Service Lewis & Clark National Historic
Trail. For more information, call the Western Historic
Trails Center at 712-366-4900.
The Western Historic Trails Center is operated by
the State Historical Society of Iowa, a trustee of
Iowa’s historical legacy and an advocate for
understanding Iowa’s past. It identifies, records,
collects, preserves, manages and provides access to
Iowa’s historical resources. Its dual mission
of preservation and education serves Iowans of all
ages, conducts and stimulates research, disseminates
information, and encourages and supports historical
preservation and education efforts of others throughout
the state. Please visit www.iowahistory.org
or call 515-281-5111 for more information.
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