Salt makers, by Donna Shilley.

Lewis and Clark Salt Makers return to Seaside Saturday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Interpreters from the Pacific Northwest Living Historians will once again bring to life the salt camp which those explorers established 212 years ago, in a program titled “Lewis and Clark Salt Makers.”

The event site will be at the west end of Avenue U in Seaside, near The Tides By The Sea Motel.

After a brief orientation, visitors to the program will enter the camp to “meet” members of the Lewis and Clark expedition, who will be busy making salt by boiling sea water over a fire.

Although this living history program will be part of the 50th annual meeting of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, it is free and open to the public, sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of the foundation. 

The Pacific Northwest Living Historians will also stage the program in collaboration with the Seaside Museum and Historical Society, Seaside Public Works Department, Clatsop County Work Crew, The Tides By The Sea Motel and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. 

For more information: contact the Pacific Northwest Living Historians at privatejwhitehouse@gmail.com or call the Seaside Museum and Historical Society at 503-738-7065.