Lewis and Clark Journals on Sweat and Armament aboard keelboat
Excerpts describe river voyage conditions with heavy sweating and hardship as workers toil. Mounted on the keelboat, a single swivel gun and two muskets or blunderbusses were carried, loaded with 16 musket balls and buckshot in at least one instance. Edited by Gary Moulton, history professor at the University of Nebraska.
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Gary Moulton
University of Nebraska
Ken Burns
RLCD Board Faces FBI Probe and Testimony at Federal Grand Jury
The RLCD conservancy district faces an FBI and state auditor general probe as its board members, including longtime representative Pete Micheletto, are under subpoena. The SIU board will meet midweek, while RLCD tests proceed in its administration building amid a packed rally and calls to renew or replace leadership.
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RLCD
Pete Micheletto
Franklin County Board
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Harry Stewart
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Prairie restoration efforts fight invasive plants in Shawnee landscape
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Shimp
Gibson
Illinois
Johnson County
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Shawnee National Forest
IDNR
Stephen Widowski
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Pennant Bar Ranch
Vienna
Widowski
Henslow
Southern
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Roger
Hannah
Mary Bo
Alabama
N. Broadway
Goreville
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