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Wayne Wilson

The bulk of Mr. Wilson’s career was spent in the Museum and Archives field where, over the years, he did everything from exhibition design and education programming to artifact care and archival storage and retrieval. He quickly learned that the only people who will ever be remembered are those who wrote it down—something relevant to all Lewis and Clark fans.

Since 2011, Wayne has teamed with various crews to do long distance wilderness canoe trips—in 26′ voyageur canoes that hold six people. These wonderful set of adventures have taken him down the MacKenzie River in Canada’s Arctic to the Yellowstone River in Montana.

While Wayne has been sketching and painting since high school, it was not until his first paddle trip in 2011 that he started keeping what you would call a ‘Travel Journal’. Watercolors from his Columbia, Missouri, and Yellowstone travel journals are featured here at the Discovering Lewis & Clark website. Other watercolors are used too—especially on our home page.

You can find more of his art and learn about his travel journal course at www.waynewilsonart.com.

 

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  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.