Ziak to speak about explorers’ difficulties
Published 5:36 pm Sunday, December 14, 2025
ASTORIA — Historian Rex Ziak will speak about Lewis and Clark’s 1805 arrival at the Pacific Ocean at the Clatsop County Historical Society’s Thursday Night Talk 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at Fort George’s Lovell Showroom at 14th and Duane streets in Astoria. Doors open at 6 p.m. Food and beverages available. Minors welcome with an adult. Admission free.
Drawing from the explorers’ journals, Ziak will guide the audience through their 30-day ordeal near the mouth of the Columbia River, highlighting the 10 days the party was marooned on Tongue Point and their frequent forays between present-day Warrenton and the John Day River.
Ziak is the author of “In Full View” about the Corps of Discovery and is the founder of the Obon Society which returns World War II artifacts to Japanese military families.
‘ The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties ’
‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source discoverourcoast.com ’
