"My Grand Excrusion Into The West," THOMAS JEFFERSON

   Red River Journeys began as the opening presentation for a Smithsonian exhibit (Early American Journeys) sponsored by Three Valley Museum in Durant, Oklahoma, and has evolved into a polished one-hour history book reestablishing Red River’s prominence as one of America’s great rivers.
   The Program contains pictures; illustrations and little know facts from the Freeman & Custis Red River Exploration and from Dunbar & Sibley's Red River travels.  It has interesting facts about Captain Shreve’s removal of the Great Raft and the steamboat travel that resulted; including the steamboat Heroine story.  Full accounts of WWII, PT Landing Craft coming up Red River and the Roy Rogers trip down Red River are highlights of the presentation.  My favorite part is the Old Uncle Wallace story, and my life-long Red River journey.