http://www.lewisandclarktravel.com/index.php/forums/ Lewis and Clark Forums en Copyright 2009 2009-11-23T06:21:30-06:00 http://www.lewisandclarktravel.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/123/ http://www.lewisandclarktravel.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/123/#When:16:56:55Z <p>My husband and I are members of the Mouth of the Platte Study group in Council Bluffs, IA.&nbsp; We have attended about 5 years.&nbsp; We are parents of four grown children, 10 grandchildren, and 9 greatgrandchildren.&nbsp; The study of Lewis and Clark seems to have taken over a large part of our lives.<br /> Besides making clothes for Biddle Bear, I am a quilt maker.&nbsp; I have done 4 Lewis and Clark full size quilts.&nbsp; Two of these were done in redwork embroidery, and two in patchwork and applique.&nbsp; <br /> I have a degree in secondary education, history major and library science, native american minors.&nbsp; so I teach when I can.&nbsp; I teach and prepare materials for an adult class at our church.<br /> This will be my 12th year doing this.<br /> When I student taught in college, one of the classes was a Montana history class, during which the students for their final had to write out the travels of Lewis and Clark in chronological order.&nbsp; The results were not good.&nbsp; Did you know that the Corps of Discovery went up the Mississippi River, went around the Cape of Good Hope, and through the Panama Canal?<br /> They ended up on the coast, but never made it back.&nbsp; So either I was not a good teacher, or they were trying to get my goat.&nbsp; But I had a good laugh.<br /> Finding the obscure points of the Corps of Discovery seems to have become my goal.&nbsp; I have given talks to the group about the waterfalls, before Lewis and Clark, and other weird points.<br /> Let’s hear from the rest of you.<br /> Betty Smallen, moderator<br /> srbabc at cox dot net </p> 2008-07-14T16:56:55-06:00