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                                                                                  Lewis and Clark and Mark! (Plymouth School)

Mark arrived at St. Louis Sept. 30, 2000 at 11:00 AM at the St. Louis Waterfront under the Arch.

Introducing Mark Hamilton

Mark Hamilton is a 50 year old poet and professor who is the ONLY MAN to traverse the entire Lewis and Clark trail from St Louis, Missouri to Astoria, Oregon and back again since the original famous historical explorers did it in 1804-1806. Mark has already completed the first leg of the journey from St Louis to Astoria Oregon in the years 1998-99. He leaves for the return trip on March 23, 2000, from Astoria Oregon, to St Louis. He is the only man in 200 years to complete the entire trail by boat and by walking with a pack mule with no help from any motorized form of transportation, just like Lewis & Clark did it in 1804. His return route will take him from the Astoria, Oregon to The Dales, Oregon by boat on the Columbia River. There he will pick up his mule, Joe, and walk all the3 way from the Dallas, Oregon through Idaho to the navigable headwaters of the Yellowstone River in Montana. From there, Mark will take his canoe down the Yellowstone to the Missouri River and on to St Louis. He will complete his journey late in the year 2000.

This web site is dedicated to tracking the progress of this extraordinary adventurer. Every week or so, when Mark can get to a library along the way with Internet access, he will file a report to the web site. You might call it the “Internet Journals of Lewis & Clark & Mark.” (Click here for the link) There will be a daily journal entry for every day he is on the trail, just like Lewis and Clark did it in 1804. Leave your comments on the web site in the guest book. And pictures from the journey will be posed with the journal entries. Since Mark is following the exact trail of Lewis & Clark as much as is possible, he will be pointing out sites they saw on the original journey. Students of History, fans of Lewis & Clark, the Print & Broadcast Media and other interested persons are encouraged to write to mark at this email address: markhamilton98643@yahoo.com, while he may not be able to answer all the emails, he will answer the ones that he can and post the answers on the web site under the Ask Mark page.

So let’s all give Mark a hearty “Bon Voyage” and keep him in our thoughts and prayers as he undertakes this great adventure.

Update June 2, 2000

Mark, a poet, English Writing Professor, and environmentalist recently was awarded an Honorary Writers Residency at The Sitka Center  for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR and a Courtesy Faculty Appointment in the  Department of History, Portland State University, OR.   He welcomes the opportunity to earn speaker's fees for presentations, talks, and slide shows from his travels and adventures on the Lewis and Clark Trail.   The return trek timetable and especially Clark's southern Yellowstone River route will indicate when he could be available in  your area. Contact him by email here on the Guest Page with the address <MarkHamilton98643@yahoo.com>.