Jeremy Goldstein
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At one point, Roger asked could he touch them.
He was told no.
And after less than an hour with the journals, we wandered back into the library's main reading room.
In the years since Roger began collecting, the value of all things Lewis and Clark has soared.
Stephen Ambrose wrote a popular book on daunted courage.
Ken Burns did a documentary.
These fueled the fire.
And last fall, Roger arranged for Lewis and Clark College in Portland to purchase his entire collection for what amounts to a small fortune.
He promptly retired from construction at the age of 54.
Most of Roger's days are now spent in the library of Lewis and Clark College, where Doug Erickson is the chief archivist.
Roger's known him for years.
Tumble in bed, my tired little sleepy head, to a prairie lullaby.
The odly, odly, the odly, odly, odly, odly.