Join us for a dynamic exploration of The Lewis and Clark Expedition, one of America’s boldest endeavors. Mark Jordan will examine crucial moments along this epic journey of the uncharted West in his presentation The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Key Decision Points

Leading a group of U.S. Army volunteers, a slave, a teenage girl and her baby, and a remarkably skilled French-Indian scout, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off from Missouri in May of 1804 on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The group traveled up the Missouri River and crossed the Continental Divide before eventually reaching the Pacific Ocean. After a winter near Astoria, Oregon, they returned to St. Louis after two years and four months and many legendary adventures

A long-time Walnut Creek resident, Jordan is an experienced actor, teacher, and avid Lewis and Clark buff. He has traveled most of the Lewis and Clark Trail, by car, in a canoe, and on foot. He has written articles on this historic expedition, and has lectured at the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation’s annual meeting. He recently taught on this subject at the Osher Life Long Learning Institute at Cal State East Bay.