admin | March 25, 2010
If not for Benjamin Rush, there might not be a Travelers’ Rest State Park out by Lolo. Rush was one of our nation’s founding fathers, he signed the Declaration of Independence, and in 1812 he famously soothed the bruised feelings between former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams and got them talking — or at [...]
Category: 1800-1820, Explorations, Lewis and Clark, Montana, Uncategorized, Western Montana history |
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Tags: Benjamin Rush, Dr. Rush's Bilious Pills, Lewis and Clark, Lolo, Paul Sivitz, Scott Sproull, Travelers' Rest, Travelers' Rest Chapter
admin | November 4, 2009
Actually it’ll be Ritchie Doyle doing a Chautauqua performance as Thompson at the Travelers’ Rest Chapter’s monthly meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 5) at the Lolo Community Center. Doyle has created his Thompson character over the past few years after concentrating on Capt. William Clark during the Lewis and Clark bicentennial. Here’s the [...]
Category: 1800-1820, David Thompson, Explorations, Fur trade, Historic presentation, Lewis and Clark, Montana, Western Montana history |
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Tags: David Thompson, Lolo, Ritchie Doyle, Travelers' Rest Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
