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Across the Lewis and Clark Trail 2022

zoomed out map of Lewis and Clark Trail. Route winds from Pittsburgh to the Pacific Ocean. Down the Ohio River, up the Missouri River, acorss the Rocky Mountains, and west along the Columbia River.
4,900 miles. 16 states. One Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.

NPS.

About this article: This article was originally published in the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail 2022 Annual Report.

Check out some of Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail's partners and projects at work in 2022! Listed from East to West.
photo of Pittsburgh. Looking down on river confluence at Point State Park. Red incline car. City skyline.
Overlooking Point State Park, in Pittsburgh, PA.

NPS. K. Schalwin

Pittsburgh, PA.

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Annual Meeting was held in Pittsburgh, the city at the beginning of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.

5 people pose on rooftop with city background. Women in center wear NPS uniform. Four others, two women and two men wear business casual.
Lewis and Clark Trail staff pose at the National Park Service 2022 ceremony at the Main Interior Building. Left to right: Ashley Danielson, Hasan Davis, Caitlin Campbell, Karla Sigala, Neal Bedlan.

NPS Photo.

Washington, D.C.

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail’s Caitlin Campbell received the National Freeman Tilden Award for Excellence in Interpretation at a ceremony in the Department of the Interior Building. Hasan Davis was the event’s keynote speaker.

Family poses in canoe display at a fair. Exhibit features a Lewis and Clark Trail sign and a photo backdrop of paddlers on a river.

Photo by Jim Mallory

Louisville, KY.

Families imagined themselves on the river at the Lewis and Clark Trust booth at the Kentucky State Fair.

earth lodge village. Wooden entries protrude from 3 green grass covered earth lodges. A path winds through. Blue sky.
On-A-Slant Indian Village in North Dakota features reconstructions of earth lodges.

NPS. K. Schlawin.

On-A-Slant Indian Village, ND.

In 2022, trail staff were eager to travel again, visiting trail sites and meeting with partners.

A male park ranger talks with two women inside a visitor center. The Ranger wears a Bureau of Land Management uniform.
Pompeys Pillar Nation Monument Manager John Reffit (left) showed the monument visitor center to Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Staff.

NPS. K. Shlawin.

Pompeys Pillar National Monument, MT.

Bureau of Land Management Monument Manager John Reffit shared the work being done at Pompeys Pillar National Monument.

In an archive room with rolling shells, a sits a vintage 6 pack of Pepsi cans with Lewis and Clark's portraits.
A six pack of Pepsi soda cans from the Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentennial (2003-2006) feature portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

NPS Photo. Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation archives.

Great Falls, MT.

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail staff collaborated on collections management planning.

Two people work on installing a wayside. Behind them is a parking lot at a Pacific Coast seaside viewpoint.

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Oregon Chapter

Pacific Coast and Columbia River, OR.

In 2022, the Oregon chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation installed 21 new wayside panels!

Part of a series of articles titled Lewis and Clark Trail 2022 Annual Report.

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Last updated: January 4, 2023