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    Shebby Lee
    • Oct 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Traveling With A Purpose

    Traveling with a purpose is the latest buzz-phrase in the travel business,  and I always get kind of a kick out of it,  because I can’t...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Dec 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    Jas. Townsend & Sons

    Just on principle,  I pretty much like ALL living history experiences.   When done well,   21st century participants can feel part of...
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    The Cutest Rodent
    Shebby Lee
    • Nov 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Cutest Rodent

    Here I am,  writing about beavers again.   That’s what happens when some of your best tours explore trails used by practioners of the...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Jul 1, 2018
    • 4 min

    My Favorite Things

    From all accounts it appears that everybody today has a bucket list,  and travel is almost certainly on it.   We even tout a few of our...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Apr 1, 2017
    • 2 min

    Story Telling

    Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, Toni Morrison, has admitted in interviews that she writes the story she would like to...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Mar 1, 2017
    • 3 min

    Blue Beads and Other Paraphernalia

    I need to get back on the trail again.   I need to pack up Fred, and my blue beads, and maps and hand-forged gills, and possibles bag,...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Nov 1, 2016
    • 3 min

    Brown Water*

    It’s probably a safe bet that no one pursues historical research to win prizes. Unless you are Stephan Ambrose or Bernard DeVoto,...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Nov 1, 2015
    • 4 min

    American Heritage

    My grandfather was an original subscriber to American Heritage Magazine, the classy hardbound history magazine written and edited by some...
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    Shebby Lee
    • May 1, 2015
    • 3 min

    Where Legends Live

    I like to think that I am an eclectic reader, with interests in baseball (especially the Negro Leagues), World War II, biographies (of...
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    It’s All About the Water
    Shebby Lee
    • Apr 1, 2015
    • 3 min

    It’s All About the Water

    The first time I traveled the Lewis & Clark Trail was in 1997. I was participating in a FAM (that’s travelspeak for “familiarization...
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    Where History Happened
    Shebby Lee
    • Feb 1, 2015
    • 3 min

    Where History Happened

    One of the hallmarks of our tours is that we offer the opportunity to walk where history happened. When you think about it, this really...
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    The Surprising Lewis & Clark Trail
    Shebby Lee
    • Aug 1, 2014
    • 3 min

    The Surprising Lewis & Clark Trail

    No one questions the historic significance of the sites along the Lewis & Clark Trail – the first trans-continental exploration designed...
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    Coincidences
    Shebby Lee
    • May 1, 2014
    • 3 min

    Coincidences

    History is rife with coincidences that are simply too amazing to make up. Although Lewis & Clark’s Corps of Discovery spent considerable...
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    Fred and Me
    Shebby Lee
    • Apr 1, 2014
    • 2 min

    Fred and Me

    In case you haven’t heard yet, we are going back on the trail again this year. Actually, we follow some historic trail or other every...
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    For Public Consumption
    Shebby Lee
    • Mar 1, 2014
    • 3 min

    For Public Consumption

    In this age of social media, with millions of people posting their innermost thoughts on Twitter or Facebook, in blogs, or some other...
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    The Day I Climbed Spirit Mound
    Shebby Lee
    • Oct 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    The Day I Climbed Spirit Mound

    I should probably preface this by stating that “climbed” is a definite overstatement of what I did last August.  More accurately, I...
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    Following the Lewis & Clark Trail
    Shebby Lee
    • Aug 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    Following the Lewis & Clark Trail

    I have been leading modern-day explorers over the Lewis & Clark Trail more or less regularly since 1997, and as you read this I have...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Feb 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    Reading Lists

    When we were first developing the Lewis & Clark Trail as a Vanishing Trails Expedition I kept track of all the books I read in my...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Jan 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    Wide Open Spaces

    One could argue – I would – that some of the most enjoyable days I’ve spent on tour were those covering many miles of what early settlers...
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    Shebby Lee
    • Oct 10, 2010
    • 3 min

    Explore the Lewis and Clark Trail

    Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery departed St. Charles, Missouri on May 21, 1804, to begin their expedition...
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