An Afterword of Appreciation

I can’t imagine this book without the generous and often crucial help of Stephen Archer, Molly Barile, Jean-Ellen Jantzen, Edward Richardson, Jack LaZebnik, Eamon Dolan, Larry Cooper, Gail Cohen, Peter Davison, and Lois Wallace.

Along the way, these people assisted the voyage, the research, or the writing: William Abney, Lucinda Baker, Jody Baltessen, David Barton, Richard Blake, M. K. Blakely, Jim Bracken, John Bradley, JoAnn Brown, William Bullock, David Burwell, Scott Chisholm, Elaine Clark, George Clark, Sr., Charles Clifford, Suzanne Cole, Ramona Combs-Stauffer, William Comfort, Harold Cramer, George Cummings, Steve Cunat, Ted Curtis, John Cutten, Rita and Wayne Daniels, Harry Ditty, Ray Eakin, Darl Eck, Connie Fitch, Ellen Fladger, Rod Frick, William Gardner, Kelly Grant, Thomas Grasso, Frank Grizzard, Rod Guthrie, Douglas Helmers, Janet Henderson, Strode Hinds, Jackie Hinshaw, Nancy Horan, Rebecca Howard, David Howes, David Ivey, John Jermano, Dana Jones, Linda Keown, Alan Kesselheim, David Kibbey, Daryl Kleyer, Karl Kruse, Roger Langendorfer, Christopher Layer, Robert LaZebnik, Linny and Larry Livingston, Pauline and Tom Longnecker, Michael Mansur, James Mast, Robert McCaughan, Shirley and Paul McLaughlin, Tom McManus, John Metcalf, Stephen Morehouse, Gary Moulton, Chris Mullen, Matthew Nelson, Bruce Padgett, Patrick Parenteau, Chuck Parrish, Paul Pence, Thomas Prindle, David Pulliam, Larry Purcell, Mary Reynolds, Kelly Riforgiat, Barbara Rollin, Forrest Rose, Alissa Rosenberg, Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck, James Ruddy, Cathy and Kit Salter, Roger Saucier, Debra Shampine, Tricia Shaw, Wanda Shields, Diane and Robert Shott, Rhonda Stansberry, Ken Steele, Thomas Stevenson, Terry Strasser, Norm Stucky, Linda Swatfager, Ralph Swift, Wayne Taylor, Vivienne Tellier, William Tilton, Peaco Todd, Mark Toland, Randy Vance, James Voorhees, Chris Walker, James Wallace, Joseph Warner, Kim Weeks, Mark Wellenstein, Jack Wicker, Craig Williams, Andy Wilner, Clyde Wilson, David Wink, Andrew Wolfe, Raymond Wood, Stephen Wunder, Beffa Wyldemoon, Brett Ziercher.

I also thank Apelco, Bass Pro Shops, Boat/U.S., Cabela’s, C-Dory, Garmin, OMC (Grumman), Recreational Equipment International, and Perception (Keowee kayak).

I am indebted to the Minnesota Historical Society for permission to quote from the typescript of The Garrioch Diary and to the University of Nebraska Press for The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Gary E. Moulton, editor.