Change your perspective
on the Lewis & Clark Trail
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Custom floats, hikes,
and expert guiding services
provided for individuals
and small groups of all abilities. I'm Kevin O'Briant, an archaeologist and ethnohistorian with 10+ years of backcountry historical guiding experience on the Lewis and Clark Trail in Montana and Idaho. Several of my articles have been featured in We Proceeded On, the
official publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (https://lewisandclark.org/wpo/). If you move in L&C circles, you may know me as "the Map Guy" thanks to this piece: https://www.academia.edu/36854055/Too_N%C3%A9s_World_The_Arikara_Map_and_Native_American_Cartography
After so much time walking in the footsteps of the Corps of Discovery, I'm passionate about sharing my understanding that this chapter of America's history is much bigger than the captains' mission. It's also about the members of their diverse crew and the cultural landscape through which they moved -- the indigenous people they encountered and their complex agricultural systems, politics, languages, material cultures and trade networks. The rest of the extensive cast. The venue itself. Even -- maybe especially -- what happened backstage. This focus is what sets my tours apart. So why Sergeant Gass? He could hike 4 miles a day until the age of 99. He also battled Meriwether Lewis for the right to release his own memoir of the 1804-1806 expedition, and won. By the time the "official" account was published in 1814, the journals of Patrick Gass were in their 7th edition. Quite the scoop for a carpenter from Pennsylvania! I hope you'll join me on the trail in 2024 to toast Sergeant Gass and make a little history of your own. For the summer/fall season I'm pleased to offer several multi-day canoeing and overland trip options -- visit Sergt. Gass' official website https://www.tours.kevinobriant.com/ for more information. And if you want to get off the beaten path, I offer bespoke trips that tap into my network of expert guides, historians, outfitters and nature lovers. Wherever you want to go, I'll find a way to get you there. Cheers,
Kevin
❃ LINKS ❃
Kevin O'Briant: The Conservation Archaeologist:
https://kevinobriant.com/
Academic Work:
https://umontana.academia.edu/KevinOBriant
The Conservation Archaeologist on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzK8FN8y1M2H5-GVyBdrPjg
