by admin | Oct 21, 2023 | Field Notes
Questions & Answers about the Davis-Bacon Act & Surveyors in 2023. Click on full documents available for more information, this page. How does the Department of Labor determine the pay of labor trades on their projects? The “prevailing wages” are determined...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 23, 1806, St. Louis, MO: The group rose, was taken to the public store and furnished with some clothes, and an early breakfast with Col. Hunt, and departed for St. Louis down the Mississippi, and arrived at about 12 o’clock. Major Christy, an old...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 22nd, 1806 Fort Belle Fontaine, St. Louis, MO: The group waited in St. Charles most of the day while heavy rains came down, making their way down the river in the evening to Fort Belle Fontaine. Fort Belle Fontaine is about 20 miles north of St....
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 21st, 1806, St. Charles, MO: The boatmen paddle the 48 miles to St. Charles from La Charrette. They passed 12 canoes of Kickapoos ascending on a hunting expedition. “The party rejoiced at the sight of this hospitable village”...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 20, 1806, La Charrette, MO: The crew reached the small french settlement after 68 more miles of paddling. Two Scottish traders were there and fed Lewis & Clark their first beef since their departure. “every person, both French and...
