A Brief History of the Lewis Clark Alano Club

1972 - In 1972, there were only two A.A. meetings a week in Lewiston and none in Clarkston.  A group of renegades dubbed the "Dirty Dozen" thought more meetings were needed in the area.  On February 14, 1972, amidst the broken beer bottles of an old recycling center, the first A.A. meeting was held at 1425 Elm St. in Clarkston, WA.  There were three meetings a week

1973 - Sixteen months later, the building was developed into the Lewis & Clark Alano Club.

1975 - There was an explosion of meetings at the Lewis & Clark Alano Club.  Noon A.A. meetings were held Monday through Saturday.  There was a Sunday 10:00 AM meeting.  Meetings were held at 8:00 PM Sunday through Friday.

1981 - Friday, November 13th, a fire destroyed the club building, a treasured old wooden table, and most of the written records of both the club and the Clarkston Roundtable group.  Before the smoke cleared, the group had established residence in a little three room out building, once again cleaning out the broken beer and whiskey bottles.  Saturday, November 14th, the noon meeting was right on schedule.

1984 - In August, the new building was completed at 1435 Elm St.

2010 - Membership was opened up to anyone working a 12-step program.