Corps of Discovery with Mike Crosby
Mike will be giving the following presentations in the Meriwether Theater on Thursdays, Fridays,
and Saturdays during the 2009 season. See presentation details below for more information.
**These presentation times are still tentative for the 2009 season.
9:30am: “The Lewis and Clark Traveling Medicine Show”
Attention Parents: This program is PG-13.
11:30am: “Joined by a Journey: the Members of the Lewis & Clark Expedition”
1:30pm: “The Charbonneaus: Toussaint, Sacajawea, Jean Baptiste, & Lisette”
3:30pm: “August 13, 1805: The Most Important Day of the Lewis & Clark Expedition?”
5:30pm: “The Lewis & Clark Expedition in Eastern Idaho”
About Mike
Mike Crosby has B.S. and M. A. degrees from the University of Idaho. He has been teaching history in Salmon and elsewhere at the secondary and college levels since 1974. In 2000 the Bureau of Land Management hired Mike as an historian for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration. While he worked primarily at Lemhi Pass and the Sacajawea Center, his duties took him to many other communities along the Lewis and Clark Trail from 2003-2006. He is the author of three books, including Joined by a Journey, the story of the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and Sacagawea, Shoshone Explorer.
The Lewis & Clark Expedition in Eastern Idaho
In August 1805 the Expedition was on the brink of success . . . or failure. Learn how their encounter with the Sacajawea's people enabled the Corps of Discovery to "proceed on" to the Pacific Ocean.
The Lewis and Clark Traveling Medical Show
This program focuses on the medical aspects of the Expedition, including samples of the drugs carried by the Corps of Discovery and replicas of period surgical tools. This is a PG-13 program with material that may not be appropriate for younger children. In some ways, these were not the “good old days!”
Joined by a Journey
A discussion of the members of the Corps of Discovery based upon the presenter’s book of the same title. Learn about their origins, their contributions to the Expedition, and their lives following the journey.
Sacajawea and her Family
Many people are surprised to discover how little information we have about the Corps of Discovery’s only female member. This program separates the myth from fact to provide an honest appraisal of her contributions to the Expedition, a discussion of her life before and after the journey, and the stories of her husband, son and daughter.
The Most Important Day of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
On August 13th, 1805, Lewis and a small advance party entered the Lemhi Valley in search of the Shoshone Sacajawea’s people. With the Missouri behind them, the explorers searched for a passage westward to the Pacific Ocean. They needed horses to cross the mountains, and they knew the Shoshones had them. If they couldn’t find the tribe, or if the Shoshone refused to sell, the Corps of Discovery had but one option: return down the Missouri.
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