The Lewis and Clark Study Group at the Western Historic Trails Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa has started touring the local area during the summer of 2008. Our first tour was to Glenwood, Iowa on May 13th. We visited the Glenwood Public Library because the famed Lewis and Clark historian, Donald Jackson, who was born and raised in Glenwood, called it “his own personal Library of Congress.” Jackson edited the Letters of Lewis and Clark, and the papers of Zebulon Pike, John Charles Fremont, and George Washington.  The 1962 edition of the Lewis and Clark papers kicked off the whole modern era of Lewis and Clark scholarship. Jackson was also a Director of the University of Illinois Press, and the author of popular history accounts, both fiction and non fiction. His archives are at the Pioneer Museum in Colorado Springs.
http://www.springsgov.com/Page.asp?NavID=1710

The Glenwood Public Library is a destination in my book, Lewis and Clark Road Trips. It is on page 95. The library is open Mon-Sat. The phone is (712) 527-5252. Their collection of Jackson’s books and articles are available for anyone to browse, or to check out. The library is located on the town square at 109 North Vine St. It was originally a Carnegie Library.

On the other side of the town square is a very nice and inexpensive restaurant called the Oasis Steak House & Lounge at 104 S Walnut Street, Glenwood, IA (712) 527-1911

We brought our Lewis and Clark travel bear Buddy, aka “Biddle” along for our tour. Buddy makes any photo more interesting.