A lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, Doug Crispin has always been enthralled by the story of the Corps of Discovery. The seed was likely sown by his grandfather, Stanley Fahlgren, who grew up just a few miles from Fort Mandan, a location he would often take Doug to on summer trips to the North Dakota family farm. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Doug would need to walk across the Lewis & Clark trail several times a day to catch the bus to and from school. His interests guided him to Portland State University, where he studied History, specializing in the History of the Pacific Northwest.

As a historian, Doug enjoys conducting archival research and consulting original primary documents and artifacts held in those collections. His most recent research expeditions have led him to examine remnants from Lewis & Clark held at the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, and Monticello. He is a filmmaker, a freelance writer, and a lecturer/tour guide for National Geographic Expeditions and American Cruise Lines, where he travels on the Snake and Columbia Rivers, sharing the stories of the Corps of Discovery with his guests.

When not visiting and interpreting Lewis & Clark sites, you’ll often find him at his cabin on Puget Sound, shucking oysters, reading history books, and trying to figure out where D.B. Cooper stashed all that dough.