Laura Lee Yates

Laura Lee Yates thrives in a Colorado mountain valley on the west side of the Continental Divide. Returning from an exploration of Montana, she became obsessed with viewing the Lewis & Clark expedition through the eyes of the Newfoundland dog that accompanied the Corps. Currently a librarian but long employed in the veterinary field-always accompanied by large-breed canines-Laura Lee enmeshed herself in the original journals as well as contemporary research to ensure the accuracy of historical...See more

Laura Lee Yates thrives in a Colorado mountain valley on the west side of the Continental Divide. Returning from an exploration of Montana, she became obsessed with viewing the Lewis & Clark expedition through the eyes of the Newfoundland dog that accompanied the Corps. Currently a librarian but long employed in the veterinary field-always accompanied by large-breed canines-Laura Lee enmeshed herself in the original journals as well as contemporary research to ensure the accuracy of historical detail. An accompanying music CD is available, also titled Bound for the Western Sea, featuring Lewis & Clark period tunes as well as original songs with lyrics by Laura Lee, performed and produced by her partner, Harry Harpoon. Please visit ... for news about Lewis & Clark presentations as well as upcoming projects, including Laura Lee's coming-of-age novel Moon over the Mountain, about a homesteading family and Chief Joseph's band of Nez Perce attempting to coexist in the Wallowa Valley of Oregon in the 1870s. See less