Historical Figure
Robert Heacock
In Memoriam
1957–2025
Robert Stuart Heacock (1957–2025) was an Eastern Washington native who lived in the Spokane area. After seeing many Lewis and Clark sites during years of business travel, he served as historian on the cruise boats that ply the Columbia and Snake Rivers — a role that gave him the opportunity to document pertinent sights along those rivers, some not usually accessible to visitors.Heacock was the author of Wind Hard from the West: The Lewis and Clark Expedition on the Snake and Columbia Rivers (2015), with photography by Kris Townsend. The book is available from the Nez Perce County Historical Society and Museum in Lewiston, Idaho.He passed away on July 5, 2025, in his home in Liberty Lake, Washington, surrounded by family. The Lewis & Clark Research Database is honored to host his river-mile reference data — over a thousand entries documenting features along the Columbia and Snake — as a permanent memorial contribution.Bio adapted with attribution from lewis-clark.org/contributors/robert-heacock and the obituary published by Hennessey Valley Funeral Home.
0 treaties
