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Festival

June 30, July 1 & July 2, 2023
Join us for the 33rd Annual Lewis & Clark Festival 

and help us celebrate the 
25th Anniversary of the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center!


 

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June 30  - 9am - 5pm

7:30 Guided hike to Lewis & Clark Pass

9:am Swivel Gun  Demo

10am Atlatl Demo

11am Seaman Interpretive Talk with Ranger Mason

Plains Indian Art & Story Robe with Jess Anders

Period Hats & Hat Making with Austin Haney

Newfoundland Dog Interpretation with Bill & Butler and Sally & Katya

Bison Hide Tipi Interpretation with Moki Highpol

Period Wool Blanket Interpretation with Jimmy Ray

Flintknapping with George & Cheryle Bryce

Interpretive Weapons display in lobby

Honor Guard Dugout Canoe with wheel making activity

Caitlyn Clark - Budding Author & Speaker (Theater)

John Fisher - Speaker, Author & Scholar (Theater)

*Both will be available to sign their books for you!

Friday June 30 - 6pm - 7pm

Join "Montana's Troubadour" Jack Gladstone for a FREE concert at the outdoor theater here at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center - weather permitting. ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!

So, bring your lawn chair and come out and enjoy this Great Falls favorite as he shares his amazing talent and

love of song with one & all!

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Saturday July 1  - 9:30am - 5pm

9:30am - Atlatl Demo

10am - Beaver skinning demo

11am - Livestock Packing demo with 9-mile Ranger District Mule Team

11am - Parfleche Demo

12pm & 2pm Salish Kootenai Fancy Dancers

3pm Portage/Dugout Presentation with LCIC Honor Guard

3pm Smokey the Bear

Plains Indian Art & Story Robe with Jess Anders

Period Hats & Hat Making with Austin Haney

Newfoundland Dog Interpretation with Bill & Butler and Sally & Katya

Bison Hide Tipi Interpretation with Moki Highpol

Period Wool Blanket Interpretation with Jimmy Ray

Flintknapping with George & Cheryle Bryce

Honor Guard Dugout Canoe with wheel making activity

Interpretive Weapons display in lobby

Caitlyn Clark - Budding Author & Speaker (Theater)

John Fisher - Speaker, Author & Scholar (Theater)

*Both will be available to sign their books for you!

4:30pm Dr. Chris Hodges L & C Western Commerce presentation

7pm Dr. Jay H. Buckley Lewis & Clark Connections to the Fur Trade

Enjoy our food vendors and our awesome Montana artisans.

Great Falls Trolley & CERT will be on hand too!

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Sunday July 2  - 8:30am - 5pm

8:30am - Guided Hike to Sulfur Springs

10:30am - Raptor Program

11am - Smokey the Bear

1pm - Blackfeet Elder Dugan Coburn - Bison Use Demo

 2pm - Native Diplomacy Presentation with Knife River Indian Villages Ranger Kath

3pm Challenges in Military Discipline from Ranger Hess

Plains Indian Art & Story Robe with Jess Anders

Period Hats & Hat Making with Austin Haney

Newfoundland Dog Interpretation with Bill & Butler and Sally & Katya

Bison Hide Tipi Interpretation with Moki Highpol

Period Wool Blanket Interpretation with Jimmy Ray

Flintknapping with George & Cheryle Bryce

Honor Guard Dugout Canoe with wheel making activity

Interpretive Weapons display in lobby

Caitlyn Clark - Budding Author & Speaker (Theater)

John Fisher - Speaker, Author & Scholar (Theater)

*Both will be available to sign their books for you!

Special Thanks to our Festival Sponsors!

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Thank you so much for participating in this year's auction!
It was a great success and we look forward to next year.
A huge thank you to all of our donors and sponsors!

 Mitchell's Crash Repair * Edward Jones

Carpet One * Taco Johns * Montana Milling

Townsend Controls and Electric * Montana Credit Union

NorthWestern Energy

2J's Fresh Market * Aaron Tippin * Ace Hardware * Action Cards & Collectables * Acme Body Shop

After Image Metal Art*AKL Designs * Albertsons *Anna Bellwood * Ashley Furniture 

Auto Zone * Alex Thayer * Arvon Hotel * Aschle Paladino

 Backwoods Bar & Grill *Barnes & Noble *Batteries Plus & Bulbs * Bev Axelsen

Big O Tires * Big Horn Outdoor Specialists * Biscotti by Brenda * Black Bear Diner

Block*Bob Heansel *Bob McEaghern* Bob & Lori Vinson

         Bonnie & Hal Jorgenson * Brian's Meat Processing * Candy Masterpiece

Carmen Poulson * Carolina B & B * Cellular Plus * Central BBQ *Childrens Museum

Clark & Lewies * C.M Russell Museum * Cortney Reedy * Costco - Helena * Cottonwood Inn & Suites

Cowboy's Bar * Crown Jewelers * Curvaceous Bees * Cut Bank Brewery * CVS *

 Dale Schwanke*Dantes * Dave Wilsey * David & Marty Peck *Deb Linn * Desiree Soaps * 

Digital Karma Tattoo * Dixie Leys * Double Arrow Golf Course * Downtown Dice & Let's Play

                          Downtown Great Falls * Dragonfly Dry Goods *Duane Buchi * Ducks & Daisies * D Zone  Dwight & Norma Smith * Eagle Beverage *Eklunds  *  El Comedor * Elizabeth Moore * Enbar

Faith Duram * Farcountry Press * Ferrins Furniture*Flippin Family Fun*Fort Peck Interpretive Center

Fort Benton Historical Society*Gary & Bonnie Black 

Graceland * Grant & Amy Grisak * Great Falls Shooting Complex * 

Hannah Montana Vacation Rentals * Happy Tails Lodge * Healthy Horizons * Heather Kubas

Hells - A- Roarin Outfitters * Hi-Line Climbing Center * HTC Limo Service *Identity Screen Printing

Inge's Fashion * Invicta * Jack Cantrell * Jamie Ford * Jan Robitaille * JCCS

Joanne Flesch * JoFred  Vacation Home * Jonas Sprinklers & Fertilizer* Joyce Ranum * Judy Byrne 

Karen Gessman * Kelly's Comics* Kendra Scott * Lana Kadashnakov * Lance DuBois

Level Up Tattoo * Mark Cappis * Matthew & Kelly Paladino 

Moose Apartments - Tennesse * My Viola * Our Savior Lutheran Church * Papa Murphy's

Parkers Hangover Tonic * Payless Furniture * Penny's Gourmet to Go * Philipsburg Brewing Co.

Phyllis Meade * Randy's Auto Glass * Reference Auto * Rick Byrne * Roadhouse Diner

Russell Waring * Sally's Floral * Scheels * School Work Custom Rods * Shining Mountain 

Smoot Honey * Stax Museum of American Soul * Street Burger * Sue Watson

Super 1 * Surrisa Davis * Sydne George * Target * The Block

 The Brick House Bakery * The Nash Restuarant * The Newberry * The Sweet Palace

Tish Welling * Tony Aretz Photography * Triple Creek Ranch * Trish Korman

 Tumbleweed Pottery * Verde Canyon Railroad

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TrailMixer

January - July 2023
at the
Lewis & Clark 
Interpretive Center

Have you ever
wanted to
volunteer at the Center?
Now is your chance!

Looking for a chance to give back to your community? 

We have volunteer opportunities at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center to include serving as an exhibit hall docent, greeting visitors at our information desk, collecting admission fees from patrons, leading exhibit hall tours with school groups,

or helping visitors in our gift shop to name a few. 

This is the perfect time of year to get involved as we will soon host our

Annual Volunteer Refresher Training on Monday, May 15, from 9am – 1pm. 

This is a tremendous opportunity to come out and meet most of the 43-person cadre of volunteers who make this Center the premier destination of 112 sites along

the entire Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.  

Sound interesting?  Please call the center at (406) 727-8733 or stop by to discuss opportunities of interest and pick up an application today.

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