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  This site is sponsored by Shebby Lee Tours, a receptive tour operator  based in Rapid City, South Dakota.  The Vanishing Trails Expeditions were introduced in 1993 with the Oregon Trail and have grown to include an entire roster of programs exploring different aspects of the Manifest Destiny period of western American history.

Shebby Lee Tours’ Lewis & Clark Trail was designated an official American Pathways 2000 itinerary by the United States Department of Commerce’s office of Tourism Industries.

Unless otherwise stated, the articles on this site were researched and written by award-winning historian Shebby Lee.

 

Shebby Lee, Certified Tour ProfessionalShebby Lee, CTP

Shebby Lee is President and CEO of Shebby Lee Tours, Inc., Rapid City, SD. With 33 years' experience in the group tour industry plus a background in historical academia, Shebby Lee lends her expertise to the production of quality interpretive tours for domestic and international visitors to the western United States. She is a Certified Tour Professional (CTP).

Ms. Lee is a long-time member of Westerners, International and former Sheriff of the Black Hills Corral in Sturgis, SD.  She is 2nd Vice President of the Frontier Heritage Alliance whose 5-state board promotes historic preservation and cultural heritage tourism at the grass roots level.  In 2008 she was elected President of the West River History Conference, held each fall in Rapid City, SD.

She has been a feature writer for Black Hills Magazine, South Dakota History, and the Rapid City GUIDE, and has written numerous historical research papers and one book. She has participated as a presenter or moderator at the Dakota History Conference in Sioux Falls, SD since 1979, as well as the Black Hills History Conference and its successor, the West River History Conference, and the Western History Association Conference. Ms. Lee served as a scriptwriter, producer, and director of multi-image productions for Magic Lantern Corporation of Rapid City, SD. She has been a keynote speaker and presenter at numerous major national and regional professional association conferences.