Mesa State accepts donated journals of trailblazers of West, Lewis and Clark

The Daily Sentinel ^ | August 08, 2007 | KYLENE KIANG

[george76]

The foundation marked Gormley’s achievement with a donation of books — seven volumes of the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition — to the Tomlinson Library at Mesa State College.

The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark... were edited by Gary Moulton and published by the University of Nebraska Press. They are known among today’s historians as the best and most current version of the duo’s journey through the American West.

Mesa State College Library Director Elizabeth Brodak said the fact that the books are forms of primary source material...

“Anyone who wishes to get that flavor for the times should look at primary sources,” ...

[george76]

Thomas Jefferson also received several artifacts of the Lewis and Clark Expedition which are still at Monticello.

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[george76]

Too bad that Lewis did not complete Thomas Jefferson’s request for a final report before that Natchez Trace trip...

[Red Badger]

Thomas Jefferson also received several artifacts of the Lewis and Clark Expedition which are still at Monticello.

Does the FEC know about this?.........;^)

[george76]

What does FEC stand for ?

[Red Badger]

Federal Election Commission..............

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks george76.

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[george76]

Thanks

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[TWohlford]

Lesser known are the journals of the families of Lewis and Clark.

An excerpt:

“Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? He’s on my side! How many cows do I have? I’m thiiiiirrrrsttyyyyyy....”

[mcshot]

I remain in awe at what this expedition experienced and discovered. I started off reading “Undaunted Courage” and then purchased a few more books. Truly amazing stuff right down to the mysterious cannon like booms they reported hearing. Not to mentioned that their campsites are being found based on levels of mercury found in “rest area” soils - mercury being the “cure” for venereal diseases shared with various Indian tribes.

[MARTIAL MONK]

I don’t recall reading about them hearing cannon like booms but is entirely possible that they did hear cannon. They passed just 100 miles north of a major Spanish slaving expedition. The cannon could have come from an offshoot of that camp.

[cardinal4]

Check out Stephen Ambrose’s “Undaunted Courage”. An excellent book on the Corps of Discovery. My Dad once said it was proof of Manifest Destiny if there ever was one..

[cardinal4]

One of theories mentioned in “Undaunted Courage” for Lewis’ meltdown might have come from syphillus..

[RooRoobird20]

One thing I took from “Undaunted Courage” was how remarkable a man Meriweather Lewis was!!! In spite of (what we’d now call) manic-depression, he led the heroic expedition. The daily work of keeping himself and his men alive was enough for him to put one foot in front of the other every day. Amazing.

Once he came back, he went into a depression from which he never recovered. Very sad.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks.

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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose

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[cardinal4]

Read it, if you havent, SC. It’s title is no literary fanatsy. Truly its proof of the type of the forward thinking that our Forefathers had. I wonder what happened to that thinking?

[mcshot]

I can’t put my hands on my copy but will find the information, if I can find the book, and get back to you via mail.
Thanks,
mc