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Winter Membership Meeting - December 10th, 2025
Our winter membership meeting will be at Rosalita’s Cantina.
December 10th, 6pm – 7:30pm.
We will have our raffle drawing for the winner of our Scholarship Fundraiser.
The MSPS STL Board of Directors and membership will elect new officers and directors for the 2026 year.
The discussion will begin with Units of Measure, and handy conversions that surveyors use regularly and how these have changed through the years.
The opening conversation will lead into a Surveyor’s Round-Table Discussion.
We will apply to the Board of Registration for 1.5 PDUs.
2025 Gun Raffle Tickets for Sale!
The St. Louis Chapter MSPS fundraiser for 2025
Henry All-Weather .45-70 Raffle!
Past Meetings
Golf Outing w/ IPLSA Southwest Chapter 2025
End of Summer Membership Meeting - August 27th, 2025
Some Riparian Boundary Surveys and Litigation I’ve Seen– Dr. Richard L. Elgin, PS, PE
August 27th, 2025Â at the James W. Rennick Riverfront Park, Washington, MO.
This meeting has been approved for 1.5 PDU’s by APEPLSPLA and is on the list of Pre-Approved Activities.
6:00 – 6:30 PM – St. Louis Chapter Business Meeting, Scholarship Fundraiser Tickets, while enjoying BBQ along the Missouri River by BFA, Inc.
6:30-7:30 PM – Presentation by Dr. Dick Elgin who will be discussing riparian boundaries and litigation examples. Outline here.
Summer Membership Meeting - June 18th, 2025
Our June 18th Membership meeting will be held at B. Halls 2 – The Event Space of the Family Grill.
3752 Monticello Plaza Drive, O’Fallon, MO 63304.
We will be in the private room and attendees may order dinner and drinks from the regular menu.
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The presenter will be Matt Winkler & John Schaeffer, on behalf of Arch City Title, St. Louis Title, Benchmark Title and Security Title. The PDF outline for the evening’s presentation is HERE. The will be discussing title research related to surveys and the title research industry looking ahead, it is sure to be an informative and interesting evening. This will also be a great opportunity for surveyors from multiple counties, in MO & IL to meet the title company representatives.
Summer Membership Meeting - June 18th, 2025
Our June 18th Membership meeting will be held at B. Halls 2 – The Event Space of the Family Grill.
3752 Monticello Plaza Drive, O’Fallon, MO 63304.
We will be in the private room and attendees may order dinner and drinks from the regular menu.
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The presenter will be Matt Winkler & John Schaeffer, on behalf of Arch City Title, St. Louis Title, Benchmark Title and Security Title. The PDF outline for the evening’s presentation is HERE. The will be discussing title research related to surveys and the title research industry looking ahead, it is sure to be an informative and interesting evening. This will also be a great opportunity for surveyors from multiple counties, in MO & IL to meet the title company representatives.
Spring Membership Meeting - March 26th 2025
Outline for MSPSSTL – 2025 Spring Membership Meeting
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Office of TWM, Inc. 3701 S Lindbergh Blvd Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63127
6:00 – 6:30 PM – Business Meeting, Non-Profit organization status, Scholarship Foundation, website updates, Ongoing St. Louis City/County limits original stones located and updated database and calculations by companies on website.
6:30 – 7:00 PM – New Survey Technician program, certified by the DOL and administrated by the StL Construction Forum. St. Louis Community College’s involvement, and a description of survey courses offered, career advancement and tuition paid for by St. Louis County Workforce Development.
Presentation to membership and open discussion with Tom McGovern from St. Louis County Community College, Tom Finan & Diana Wilhold from StL Construction Forum will present.
7:00 – 7:30 PM – AI in Surveying Presentation. Daily routines with AI, short-cutting work-flows. Walk-through Microsoft Office apps with AI assistance. Thoughtful prompting for precise outputs. Surveyor’s perspectives on AI questioning, input and liability during day-to-day use.
Demonstration showcasing useful AI platforms that can create detailed presentations and deliverables for projects.
Demonstration showcasing detailed prompting to create a Python app that allows coordinate data entry and calculates results in a user created input/output form or file.
Winter Membership Meeting / Surveyor's Roundtable - Dec. 11th, 2024
The Winter Membership Meeting / Holiday Survey Party will be held on December 11th at the offices of Clayton Engineering – 2268 Welsch Industrial Ct., St. Louis, MO 63146.
6-8pm. We have requested 1.5 PDUs for attendance of this meeting.
There will be a Hot Dog & Bratwurst Bar catered by Steve’s Hot Dogs
We will be presenting the family of Richard J. Barr with his Final Point, commissioned by NSPS.
We will be announcing our 2024-2025 St. Louis Chapter MSPS Scholarship recipient!
And the main discussion of the evening will be the surviving stones from the 1876 St. Louis City Charter, according to a survey by Julius Pitzman & Re-Survey by Thomas Featherson followed by a surveyor’s roundtable.
The full meeting outline can be found here.
Click Here for the 1.5 PDU Certificate
Golf Outing w/ IPLSA Southwest Chapter 2024
Summer/Fall Membership Meeting - August 21st, 2024
James W. Rennick Riverfront Park, Washington, MO.
6:30 – 7 PM – St. Louis Chapter Business Meeting, Scholarship Fundraiser Tickets and presentation about a new survey credit program by Midwest Geospatial Academy, while enjoying BBQ along the Missouri River by BFA, Inc.
7-8 PM – Presentation by Judge Ike Lamke of a court case that resulted in a decision about the location of the North-South section line between Section 4 and Section 5, Township 43 N., Range 2 W of the 5th PM.
Click here for Meeting Outline
Click here for all of the Case Files & Judge Ike Lamke Introduction
2024 Surveyors Cup Golf Tournament
Click here for Board Approved 1.5 PDU Certificate
Summer Membership Meeting - July 17th, 2024
The Summer Membership Meeting will be a presentation by County Planning and GIS Officials from our region to discuss their offices and procedures.
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at 201 N. 2nd Street, St. Charles, MO 63301
Click Here for Board Approved 1.5 PDU Certificate
Spring Membership Meeting - March 27th 2024
Seiler Instruments – 3433 Tree Court Industrial Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63122
6:30pm- 8pm
The Spring Membership Meeting will include a presentation about the St. Louis Chapter 2024 Scholarships available for SIUE, State Tech & Optional other programs with presentations about that. Surveyors in Training and Associate members are strongly encouraged to attend!
The main presentation will discussion AI implementation in the Surveying Profession: Rapidly evolving software integrations, benefits and downsides, Surveyor’s responsibilities and awareness and preparedness of the unknown.
MSPS-STL March 2024 Meeting Program
Copilot ChatGPT4 DALL-E 3 Presentaion
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November 16th, 2025.
Seaman Not For Sale.
Photo: Clark, Seaman, Lewis. Spirit of Discovery Statue at Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Sioux City, Iowa. Courtesy U.S. National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
At the mouth of the Ohio, LEWIS AND CLARK scout the western shore of the Mississippi River. There, a Shawnee man tries to buy LEWIS'S DOG, SEAMAN. At camp, a catfish weighing from 175 to 200 pounds is caught.
In Washington City, PRESIDENT JEFFERSON defines the boundaries of Louisiana and plans more Western expeditions.
"one of the Shawnees a respectable looking Indian offered me three beverskins for my dog [Seaman] with which he appeared much pleased, the dog was of the newfoundland breed one that I prised much for his docility and qualifications generally for my journey and of course there was no bargan, I had given 20$ for this dogg myself—
—Meriwether Lewis"
we were a little surprised at the apparent size of a Catfish which the men had caught in our absence.
"I have been informed that these fish have been taken in various parts of the Ohio & mississippi weighing from 175 to 200 lbs.
—Meriwether Lewis"
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November 15th, 2025.
Measuring River Widths.
Photo: William Clark by Michael Haynes. © Michael Haynes, www.mhaynesart.com.
CLARK used the sextant to make celestial observations. To measure river widths, his primary tools were a surveyor’s compass and surveyor’s chain.
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November 14th, 1803.
End Of The Ohio River.
Photo: Confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio. © 2024 by Richard Hunt.
The LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION moves down the Ohio and sets up a camp at its confluence with the Mississippi. LEWIS is ill, but he finds relief from a strong laxative found in Rush’s bilious pills.
"[P]assed Wilkinson ville about 12 Oclock oposite to which is the first or great chain of rocks streching in an oblique manner across the Oho this evening landed on the point at which the Ohio and Mississippi form there junchon
—MERIWETHER LEWIS"
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November 13th, 1803.
Leaving Fort Massac.
Photo: Fort Massac on the Ohio River. © 2021 by Robert Heacock.
The LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION leaves Fort Massac, sets up a camp about three miles down the Ohio, and LEWIS is “siezed with a violent ague” similar to malaria. In Vincennes, Indiana Territorial Governor WILLAIM HENRY HARRISON pens a letter to WILLIAM CLARK providing maps and introducing JOHN HAY of Cahokia.
"I was siezed with a violent ague which continued about four hours and as is usual was succeeded by a feever which however fortunately abated in some measure by sunrise the next morning,
—MERIWETHER LEWIS"
"My Dear Sir [WILLIAM CLARK]
The map mentioned in your letter of the 5th Instant had been taken from me by Mr. JONES who claimed it as the property of Mr. HAY of Cahokia, but as it was still in the possession of Mr. JONES I have had it copied & now send it to you by the Post rider . . . .
Your offer to let me hear from you occasionally I accept with a great deal of pleasure—& I beg of you to let me Know from Cahokia whether I can do any thing for you in yr. absence.
. . . . .
WILLIAM H. HARRISON"
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November 12th, 1803.
Celestial Observations.
Photo: Parts of a Sextant. Formal Navigation by John Logan Allen.
At Fort Massac above the mouth of the Ohio, LEWIS begins taking celestial observations but is deterred by clouds. A 14-man detachment from Fort Southwest Point that they had requested has not arrived.
"took equal altitudes A. M. but was prevented from compleating the observation by taking an observation in the evening by the clouds—
—MERIWETHER LEWIS"
"December 16th 1803
Dear Brother
The men we expected to meet us at Fort Massac were not thure, which obliged us to Send an express to Tennessee for those men to percue us to our winter quarters,—, we Calld for a Detatchment of 14 men from that garrison to accompany us as far as Kaskaskees at wich place we intended to ogment our permonant party
Brother
Wm Clark"
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November 11th, 1803.
Fort Massac Arrival.
Photo: Inspection and Selection by Michael Haynes. © Michael Haynes, www.mhaynesart.com.
LEWIS breaks the apparent pause in his journal by writing “Arrived as [at] Fort Massac“. There, the captains meet GEORGE DROUILLARD who would become a key expedition member. The fort’s officer of financial affairs advances him his first month’s pay of $25.
Soldiers recruited at Fort Massac included Joseph Whitehouse and John Newman. See also Ohio River Recruits.
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