Events
A Travelers’ Rest Bicentennial June 29 – July 3, 2006
Travelers’ Rest State Park – Lolo, Montana
Schedule of Events
Thursday, June 29, 2006:
Þ 9:00 a.m. – 7 p.m. Discovery Expedition of St. Charles and Travelers’ Rest Brigade – watch as the Travelers’ Rest campsite comes to life.
Þ 7:00 p.m. – “Uncover Montana Speakers Series.” Josiah Pinkham, Nez Perce tribal member, historian and ethnographer discusses the “Nez Perce Perspectives on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.”
Friday, June 30, 2006
Þ 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Discovery Expedition of St. Charles and Travelers’ Rest Brigade - watch as the Travelers’ Rest campsite comes to life.
Þ 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Native American games (fun for the entire family!)
Þ 3:30 p.m. - Begin prep for “Lewis and Clark Bike Parade” (Florence School Parking Lot)
Þ 5:00 p.m. – Lewis and Clark Bike Parade leaves Florence
Þ 6:00 p.m. – Parade ends at Travelers’ Rest with reenactment of arrival of the Corps of Discovery
Þ 6:30 – 8:00 – Music by Ellie Nuno
Þ 6:30 – 8:00 – Traditional Games
Saturday, July 1, 2006
Þ 6:00 a.m. – Birding Travelers’ Rest
Þ 7:00 a.m. – Pancake breakfast (Free for birders, $3 for all others)
Þ 9: 00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Discovery Expedition of St. Charles and Travelers’ Rest Brigade - watch as the Travelers’ Rest campsite comes to life.
Þ 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Native American games
Þ 10:00 a.m. - Hey Kids! Help Lewis and Clark Set Up Camp
Þ 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Crafts for Kids (make your own braided leather bracelet or peace medal)
Þ 11:30 a.m. – Tales, Trails and Traveler’s Rest presented by Norman Jacobson
Þ 12:00 p.m. - Hey Kids! Help Lewis and Clark Set Up Camp
Þ 1:30 p.m. – Explore Travelers’ Rest with Executive Director Loren Flynn
Þ 2:00 p.m. - Hey Kids! Help Lewis and Clark Set Up Camp
Þ 3:30 p.m. – Eating with the Expedition presented by Darby Bramble
Þ 7:00 – Pierre Cruzatte – join renowned performer Daniel Slosberg for an evening of music, history and family fun!
Sunday, July 2, 2006
Þ 9: 00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Discovery Expedition of St. Charles and Travelers’ Rest Brigade - watch as the Travelers’ Rest campsite comes to life.
Þ 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Native American games
Þ 10:00 a.m. - Hey Kids! Help Lewis and Clark Set Up Camp
Þ 10:00 a.m. - Leadership and the Expedition presented by Hal Stearns
Þ 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Bullet making demonstration – join Lewis and Clark reenactors as they demonstrate how the explorers made their own ammunition.
Þ 11: 30 a.m. – Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition presented by Jack Puckett
Þ 1:00 p.m. – Pierre Cruzatte – join renowned performer Daniel Slosberg for an afternoon of music, history and family fun!
Þ 2:00 – Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstration
Þ 2:00 p.m. - Hey Kids! Help Lewis and Clark Set Up Camp
Þ 3:00 p.m. - Archeology for Kids (and People who want to be Kids)
Þ 7:00 p.m. – What This Place Means to Us presented by the Travelers’ Rest Women’s Living History Project
Þ 7:30 p.m. – Travelers’ Rest Marshmallow Roast
Monday, July 3, 2006
Þ 9: 00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Discovery Expedition of St. Charles and Travelers’ Rest Brigade - watch as the Travelers’ Rest campsite comes to life.
Þ 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. - Native American games
Þ 11:00 a.m. – The Well Dressed Soldier of 1803 presented by Francis Weigand
Þ 12:00 - Firearms Demonstrations
Þ 12:30 p.m. – All Trails Lead to Travelers’ Rest presented by Stuart Crook
Þ 1:00 p.m. – Firearms Demonstrations
Þ 1:00 p.m. – Hey Kids! Help Lewis and Clark Set Up Camp
Þ 1:30 p.m. –What the Latrine Really Means presented by Hazel Plueger
Þ 2:00 p.m. – Firearms Demonstrations
Þ 2:00 p.m. – Archeology for Kids (and People who want to be Kids)
Þ 2:30 p.m. – Explore Travelers’ Rest with Executive Director Loren Flynn
Þ 3:30 p.m. – Separation Anxiety (Join us as Lewis and Clark split their party as they did at Travelers’ Rest 200 years ago)