Robert Heacock is a Kennewick, Washington native, and resides in Liberty Lake (Spokane), Washington. Work career was in Pacific Northwest agribusiness, insurance claims and Investigations, and Project Management. He graduated from Washington State University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics.

He is a member of Washington, Oregon, Idaho Chapters of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., past President of the Washington Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, and is a member of the Foundation Board of Directors and committee member. He is also an Officer and Historian of Spokane Westerners Corral and member Ice Age Floods Institute.

Robert is a frequent contributor to Washington Chapter LCTHF newsletter Worthy of Notice, and PNW Region newsletter Course & Communication. He is also the author of ‘Wind hard from the west - The Lewis and Clark Expedition on the Snake and Columbia Rivers‘.

His presentation Early Missionaries in the Pacific Northwest was awarded second place in the Philip A. Danielson Award for Best Presentation or Program of 2023 for Westerners International.

Since 2017 Robert has been a Historian on the cruise boats of the Columbia and Snake Rivers with Uncruise Adventures, National Geographic/Lindblad and American Cruise Lines, and enjoys sharing the history and splendor of the Pacific Northwest with others who enjoy travel.