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SUMMARY:Lower Columbia Preservation Society March Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Lower Columbia Preservation Society Presents: Free Monthly Lect
 ure About Local History &amp\; Historic Preservation\nMarch Lecture:\nElk\
 , Salt\, and A Monstrous Fish\; Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia\nA p
 resentation by Tom Wilson.\nDangerously low on food\, provisions and trade
  goods\, their leather clothing rotten from continuous rain\, the Lewis an
 d Clark Expedition had a number of critical decisions to make once they ar
 rived at the mouth of the Columbia River. Not finding enough game to feed 
 the 33 members and finding that the trade goods they had left was not suff
 icient to trade with the local natives for food\, the Corps needed to find
  appropriate quarters as winter was approaching all too quickly.\nJoin Lew
 is and Clark historian Tom Wilson\, and discover how the Expedition surviv
 ed the harsh North Coast winter. Learn how they established winter quarter
 s\, found food\, made their clothing\, how they were able to obtain salt t
 o preserve meat for their homeward trek\, and made the treacherous journey
  to present day Cannon Beach to obtain whale blubber and oil to add to the
 ir lean elk diet.\nA retired elementary school teacher from Astoria\, Oreg
 on\, Tom Wilson was a volunteer and later a National Park Ranger at Lewis 
 and Clark National Historical Park for nearly 30 years. Tom has portrayed 
 several Expedition members in many living history programs. He primarily h
 as portrayed William Clark for documentaries such as OPB’s "Searching Fo
 r York" and "A Clatsop Winter Story\," as well as being featured on Oregon
  Field Guide\, Grant’s Getaways\, Let’s Get Out There (Jon Goodwin) an
 d The Science Channel.\nTom has conducted and/or helped with many tours al
 ong the Lewis and Clark Trail. Among these were tours with Dr. Gary Moulto
 n (editor of the Lewis and Clark Journals)\, Shore Excursions of America\,
  Road Scholar groups\, as well as numerous talks and presentations through
 out the Northwest.\nJoin us for this interesting story! Tuesday\, March 11
 th at 7 pm at Pacifick Distillery housed in the historic Astoria Wharf an
 d Warehouse.  Come early to secure a seat and enjoy a refreshment. Dining
  and beverage menus are available.\nTuesday\, March 11th at 7:00pm\nPacifi
 ck Distillery\, 55 4th St. Astoria\, OR\nFree and open to the public\n
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LOCATION:Pacifick Distillery\, 55 Water Avenue\, Astoria\, Oregon\, 97103\,
  Lower Columbia Basin\, United States
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