{"id":1325,"date":"2023-10-03T17:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lewisandclarkboathouse.org\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:46:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:46:07","slug":"keelboat-highlights-story-of-lewis-clark-broadcast-on-c-span","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewisclarkmuseum.org\/?p=1325","title":{"rendered":"Keelboat highlights story of Lewis & Clark broadcast on C-Span"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Director of Education Bill Brecht was interviewed about the construction, history and features of our full-size replica keelboat as part of C-Span’s Books That Shaped America<\/em> series. The episode covering History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark<\/em><\/a> by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
(1814) premiered on the network Oct. 2. The 90-minute show featured a live interview with Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, author of The Lewis and Clark Companion <\/em>and Why Sacagawea Deserves\u00a0the\u00a0Day Off\u00a0and Other Lessons from the Lewis and Clark Trail<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standing atop the 55-foot keelboat, Brecht explained to videographer Jen Garrott how the boat was custom-fitted for the expedition and its crew of 22 would row, pole or even drag the boat by ropes as they labored against the Missouri River current. He notes a hinged mast for capturing the wind when conditions allowed and storage platforms which allowed the crew to stand higher for poling, or to be raised in defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors to the Lewis & Clark Boat House and Museum in St. Charles, MO can see the keelboat and two other full-size boat replicas, called pirogues, and learn much more about the expedition, which left St. Charles in May 1804 and returned in Sept. 1806.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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