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Shebby Lee
Oct 1, 20192 min read
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
Nov 30, 20182 min read
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
Oct 31, 20183 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20172 min read
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
Feb 28, 20173 min read
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, 20163 min read
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
Oct 31, 20154 min read
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, 20153 min read
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, 20153 min read
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, 20153 min read
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, 20143 min read
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, 20143 min read
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
Mar 31, 20142 min read
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, 20143 min read
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, 20133 min read
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
Jul 31, 20133 min read
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, 20133 min read
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, 20133 min read
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, 20103 min read
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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