River Junction Press was born out of a love of history connected to place. Its early publications were local history booklets. In 2006 Kira Gale published Lewis and Clark Road Trips and since then has concentrated on researching and writing about the death of Meriwether Lewis. Her new biography,Meriwether Lewis: The Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico, will be published on March 1, 2015.