On The Trail - Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

On The Trail
A local chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.
www.lewis-and-clark-kansas-city.org
June 2011
Sacagawea Plaque Dedicated April 23rd
On April 23, an overflow crowd of about 120 attended Sacagawea at Fort Osage 1811, and enjoyed an uplifting program.
This was a fitting commemoration of Sacagawea’s stay at Fort Osage, 200 years later. Thanks to Chick Stessman, chairperson!
The program was a product of the partnership of
the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas
City, Ft. Osage Committee Chair John Hess, the
Missouri Kansas Riverbend Chapter of the Lewis and
Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, www. lewis-andclark-kansas-city.org, Sacagawea at Fort Osage committee chair Chick Stessman, and Fort Osage National
Historical Monument, represented by Gordon Julich
and Steve Wilson.
The program began with the colorful, energetic and
informative (about dances, costumes and customs)
“Big Soldier Creek Dancers” of Mayetta, Kansas.
The half hour program led to the unveiling by sculptor Sabra Tull Meyer of the Sacagawea plaque on the
downstairs wall of the Ft. Osage Education Center.
Sacagawea dollar coins were presented to the
Girl Scout Troop 1874 and the Lewis and Clark
Elementary
School
girls and
boys from Left to right, Dan Sturdevant; Lewis and Clark Elementary School Students
Allison Swearingin and Erin Stevens; Sacagawea bronze plaque sculptor Sabra
Liberty,
Missouri. Tull Meyer; Norm Besheer, President, Native Sons and Daughters of Greater
After the Kansas City
program,
attendees were treated to additional dancing by the Big Soldier Creek Dancers.
Chick Stessman initiated this program and has worked on it for at least two years
and the program exceeded expectations. Chick and his family also provided funds
for the plaque installation.
Ft. Osage fell into disuse after its closing around 1830. Historians believe the
wood used to build the fort was re-used by pioneers and local farmers. Over time,
this resulted in no standing structures at the fort. In the 1940s, the Native Sons, as
the organization was originally named, was the primary civic group to organize, promote, and fund the rebuilding of the replica Ft. Osage currently standing.
Come See The New Lewis & Clark Statue, June 26
Join us on Sunday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Lewis And Clark Park At Kaw Point. We’ll commemorate June 26, 1804 with
music and a show. We’ll meet at the Amphitheater at the Point where the rivers meet, One Fairfax Trafficway, in Kansas City,
Kansas. No charge. For information, contact Dan Sturdevant: 816-421-4783
The program starts at 7:30 p.m. with Music of the Old West by accordionist Don Lipovac. At 8:00 p.m., we’ll see “Lewis
and Clark at Kaw Point…1804, Three Days of Discovery, Justice & Courage.” This play was written & directed by Dewayne
Knott. Mr. Knott will present the movie in costume portraying Corporal Richard Warfington. We have a special door prize for
one lucky winner, a genuine faux 1903 Lewis and Clark United States $10.00 bill.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Drawing Salve reference draws comments
Our previous newsletter featured a book review on David Lavender’s The Way To The Western Sea. In that book review, I
quoted Lavender’s reference to Clark resourcefully making a salve with some beeswax he had obtained from coastal Indians,
even though honey bees were not yet found on the western half of the continent in 1804. Dorothy Foote, a LCHTF member
from Illinois read our newsletter online and said,
“Your quote from 'The Way To The Western Sea' got my attention. It reminded me of the salve that my dad used to put on
my wounds when I was kid in the 1930's and 1940's. I do not know where he got the
recipe. Never thought to ask him. I assumed it was a folk remedy. He was the first
American-born generation of German immigrants in Seymour, Wisconsin. Here is his
recipe:
Foote Drawing Salve
one part beeswax
one part unsalted sweet cream butter
one part rosin (pine pitch)
Combine and cook together for 20 minutes. Store in lidded glass jar.
He made his last batch in the 1950's and it was not all used up yet in 1994 when he gave
me the recipe. He claimed it was still as good then as freshly made. As I recall the wound
did not heal very fast, but it healed without getting infected.
Do other members of your book club have similar recipe's? Surely, someone in the L&C
world has studied this salve. …”
After I read Dorothy’s e-mail, I located the recipe my wife’s family from northwest Iowa had used for years. The Schoon’s
were first generation German immigrants and the homemade drawing salve they used was made with a very similar recipe. I
have used it many times and have had excellent results.
Schoon Drawing Salve
1 cup yellow bee’s wax. Break up fine
¾ cup rosin
1 cup Naphtha soap
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup pure lard
Boil in double boiler for about 5 minutes until all is dissolved
Clark’s “Sarve” sounds remarkably similar:
“I applied a plaster of Sarve made of the Rozen of the long leafed pine, Beas wax and Beare oil mixed, which has Subsided
the inflomation entirely.”
Moulton, The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, volume 7, page 336
The bear oil would be similar to lard. I have some bear oil on hand and plan to make up a batch of Clark’s salve to experiment with. I will keep you posted on how my experiment turns out. If anyone has a similar recipe to the salves mentioned
here or some thoughts on Clark’s salve made with beeswax in 1806, I’d like to hear from you.
If you would like to try drawing salve on your next splinter or other mild infection, you might want to try PRID. It’s a
commercial salve available at drug stores and Wal-Mart. Smile’s PRID has a very similar smell and a texture like the old Schoon
family recipe, and quite likely to Clark’s “Sarve” as well.
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National
Convention in
Omaha July 31
Let’s get a group together! Sunday,
July 31 through August 3. Single day
passes are available. You don’t have to be
a national member, or for that matter,
a member of the local chapter, open to
the public.
The price goes up after June 15 applications, so please pay attention to this
NOW. I know about 6 people who are
going so far.
See our sister chapter in Omaha’s
website (www.mouthoftheplatte.org) for
more information, schedule of events,
admission fees and directions to the
location.
Dan Sturdevant
Please Welcome Our
New Members
Erica and Mike Gabrick
Kansas City, Mo. 64116
[email protected]
Dr. Anthony L. Kovac
Raytown, Missouri 64138
[email protected]
Missouri-Kansas River Bend
Chapter
1220 Washington, #301
Kansas City MO 64105
lewis-and-clark-kansas-city.org
The Missouri-Kansas River Bend Chapter
supports the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation locally through events, activities, programs, promotion, and protection
of the Lewis & Clark National Historic
Trail. The chapter encourages local interest
in the expedition and related historic sites.
Please send stories, ideas, and photos to Kyle
Carroll, On the Trail Editor.
Kyle Carroll
Maysville, Missouri
816.449.5452
[email protected]
Board of Directors
Chair
Dan Sturdevant
Kansas City, Missouri
816.421.4783
dan@sturdevantlawoffice.
com
Vice Chair
Steve Kaub
Blue Springs, Missouri
816.229.6211
[email protected]
Secretary
Marty Kraemer
Kansas City, Missouri
816.561.2811
Treasurer
Yvonne Kean
Kansas City, Mo.
816-455-9356
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Board Members
Pete Cuppage, M.D.
Shawnee, Kansas
913.631.3055
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Ross Marshall
Merriam, Kansas
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com
Jennifer Scott
Merriam, Kansas
913.384.2635
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Pat Traffas
Overland Park, Kansas
913.402.8176
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Kay Schaefer
Kansas City, Missouri
816.436.5125
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Terry Hobbs
Topeka, Kansas
785.273.1398
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Elizabeth Castillo
Kansas City, Missouri
816-298-6523
[email protected]
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direct general inquiries to our website and the Kansas City area.
Kaw Point view. This area may flood in the next few weeks due to
increased water upstream on the Missouri
Kaw Point amphitheater recent wedding setup.
For membership information, check http://www.lewis-and-clark-kansas-city.org, or call the Chapter Chair, Dan Sturdevant, at 816-421-4783
Missouri-Kansas Riverbend Chapter
Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
1220 Washington, #301
Kansas City MO 64105
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