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Re: Lewis and Clark. was: sextant practice and time keepers
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Sep 18, 21:16 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Sep 18, 21:16 -0700
George wrote:
"This covers their ascent of the Mississippi, from its junction with the
Ohio, near modern Cairo, to winter near its junction with the Missouri,
close to St Louis."
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Take it from someone who has been there, there is nothing "modern" about Cairo, Illinois. (Pronounced K-ROW.)
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