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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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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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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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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Shebby Lee
- Jul 31, 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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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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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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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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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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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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