To the Library and Beyond Prairie Community Library, Inc. – Your nonprofit, all volunteer source! Join other volunteers at the Annual meeting of the Board of Directors of Prairie Community Library, Inc. on Thursday 12 February at 10 AM in the Library. And please bring your financial expertise. “Volunteering expands our resumes and improves our confidence.” Joan has reviewed the 2001 book, Lewis & Clark – Doctors in the Wilderness, by Bruce C. Paton, M.D. “This is a very interesting book for those interested in early American history!” Dr. Paton produced this narration of the Lewis-Clark expedition from his perspective of medical science, regarding the state of medicine in the years 1803-1806. The author notes the expedition’s progress from St. Louis, Missouri to their first winter of 1804-1805 among the Mandan Native Americans in present-day North Dakota. He follows the expedition across the Rocky Mountains, over Lolo Pass, to the Snake River at Lewiston, and on to the Columbia River and the Pacific Coast. He details the building of Fort Clatsop on the Oregon coast just south of the Columbia River, where the expedition overwintered in 1805-1806. Throughout the book, Dr. Paton describes the profuse wildlife, as well as the expedition’s interactions with the Native Americans along the route. He describes the leaders’ medical ministrations to the expedition’s members and some Native Americans. Dr. Paton includes a lengthy discussion of the state of medicine at that time. He then describes Lewis & Clark’s separate journeys on the return trip before they reunited for the trek back to St. Louis. Sunday 4 January is World Braille Day and National Trivia Day. The volunteers who manage and operate Prairie Community Library aspire to share visionary thinking throughout the organization. Send your volunteer message to cottonwoodlib@gmail.com. “Volunteering is at the very core of being human.” Please recommend improvements to the Library’s direction, priorities and customer service. Thank you all! | COTTONWOOD
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