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The Tailgate / Today in history 5-14
Last post by remrogers - May 14, 2024, 09:14:50 AM1804
May 14
Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest
May 14, 1804: One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Even before the U.S. government concluded purchase negotiations with France, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead an expedition into what is now the U.S. Northwest. On May 14, the "Corps of Discovery"—featuring approximately 45 men (although only approximately 33 men would make the full journey)—left St. Louis for the American interior.
The expedition traveled up the Missouri River in a 55-foot-long keelboat and two smaller boats. In November, Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader accompanied by his young Native American wife Sacagawea, joined the expedition as an interpreter. The group wintered in present-day North Dakota before crossing into present-day Montana, where they first saw the Rocky Mountains.
On the other side of the Continental Divide, they were met by Sacagawea's tribe, the Shoshone, who sold them horses for their journey down through the Bitterroot Mountains. After passing through the dangerous rapids of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in canoes, the explorers reached the calm of the Columbia River, which led them to the sea. On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean. After pausing there for the winter, the explorers began their long journey back to St. Louis.
On September 23, 1806, after almost two and a half years, the expedition returned to the city, bringing back a wealth of information about the region (much of it already inhabited by Native Americans), as well as valuable U.S. claims to Oregon Territory.
May 14
Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest
May 14, 1804: One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Even before the U.S. government concluded purchase negotiations with France, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead an expedition into what is now the U.S. Northwest. On May 14, the "Corps of Discovery"—featuring approximately 45 men (although only approximately 33 men would make the full journey)—left St. Louis for the American interior.
The expedition traveled up the Missouri River in a 55-foot-long keelboat and two smaller boats. In November, Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader accompanied by his young Native American wife Sacagawea, joined the expedition as an interpreter. The group wintered in present-day North Dakota before crossing into present-day Montana, where they first saw the Rocky Mountains.
On the other side of the Continental Divide, they were met by Sacagawea's tribe, the Shoshone, who sold them horses for their journey down through the Bitterroot Mountains. After passing through the dangerous rapids of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in canoes, the explorers reached the calm of the Columbia River, which led them to the sea. On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean. After pausing there for the winter, the explorers began their long journey back to St. Louis.
On September 23, 1806, after almost two and a half years, the expedition returned to the city, bringing back a wealth of information about the region (much of it already inhabited by Native Americans), as well as valuable U.S. claims to Oregon Territory.
#12
Fishing Photos / Re: Skip the fries
Last post by Hawks Feather - May 13, 2024, 04:48:24 PMAre you sure you didn't paint stripes on a bass? Nice looking fish.
#13
Fishing Photos / Re: Skip the fries
Last post by nastygunz - May 13, 2024, 02:50:40 PMThats the legendary Moby Perch!
#14
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Geo magnetic huh?
Last post by Okanagan - May 13, 2024, 11:59:46 AMI went out for a minute at 3:00 AM night before last when they were supposed to be strong, and didn't see anything. It was a clear still night with no clouds and super bright stars, and I was too sleepy to stay up.
My son told me that they were very bright over half the sky the night before. He'd not seen northern lights here in Washington State before, though had seen them in northern BC near the Yukon.
My son told me that they were very bright over half the sky the night before. He'd not seen northern lights here in Washington State before, though had seen them in northern BC near the Yukon.
#15
Fishing Photos / Re: Skip the fries
Last post by Okanagan - May 13, 2024, 11:53:26 AMThat's the biggest ring perch I've ever seen! They are really good eating, and you already had me drooling as I thought about cooking up those crappie you showed us. WTG!
I think yellow perch is more correct but growing up we called them ring perch.
I think yellow perch is more correct but growing up we called them ring perch.
#16
Fishing Photos / Re: Skip the fries
Last post by remrogers - May 13, 2024, 10:22:43 AMThat is one hefty perch.
#17
The Tailgate / Today in history 5-13
Last post by remrogers - May 13, 2024, 10:19:13 AM1920
May 13
Socialist party nominates "Convict 2253" for president
On May 13, 1920, the Socialist Party nominates Eugene V. Debs as its candidate for president in the upcoming November election. There's a slight complication, though: Debs is serving a 10-year sentence at a federal penitentiary in Atlanta and isn't due to get out until 1928.
As the New York Tribune observes, "his nomination marks the first instance in the history of the United States when the name of a person confined behind prison bars was presented to the people as a candidate for the chief magistracy of the nation."
It was the fifth nomination for the 64-year-old, Indiana-born labor leader, who began his career as a railroad worker and made his first bid for the presidency in 1900.
In 1918, Debs had been convicted of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918, controversial laws pushed through Congress by President Woodrow Wilson to silence critics of U.S. involvement World War I.
Debs appealed his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court—which, on March 10, 1920, decided to let the verdict stand. Debs attacked the justices as "begowned, bewhiskered, bepowdered old fossils who have never decided anything," before reporting to prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, on April 13, 1920. He was assigned a convict number of 2253, later to become 9653.
By that time, the war he'd been jailed for protesting had been over for more than a year. Several months later, he was transferred to the penitentiary in Atlanta, where he received the news of his nomination. Attempting to capitalize on his incarceration, the party put out buttons with Debs' picture and either of the two numbers he'd become known for, proclaiming "Convict 2253 for President" on some and "Convict 9653 for President" on others.
Despite his inability to hit to campaign trail, Debs won more than 900,000 votes in the 1920 election, his best showing to date. The victor, Republican Warren G. Harding, commuted his sentence in December 1921, citing Debs' age and physical condition. Though now a free man, Debs never ran for president again and died in 1926.
May 13
Socialist party nominates "Convict 2253" for president
On May 13, 1920, the Socialist Party nominates Eugene V. Debs as its candidate for president in the upcoming November election. There's a slight complication, though: Debs is serving a 10-year sentence at a federal penitentiary in Atlanta and isn't due to get out until 1928.
As the New York Tribune observes, "his nomination marks the first instance in the history of the United States when the name of a person confined behind prison bars was presented to the people as a candidate for the chief magistracy of the nation."
It was the fifth nomination for the 64-year-old, Indiana-born labor leader, who began his career as a railroad worker and made his first bid for the presidency in 1900.
In 1918, Debs had been convicted of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918, controversial laws pushed through Congress by President Woodrow Wilson to silence critics of U.S. involvement World War I.
Debs appealed his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court—which, on March 10, 1920, decided to let the verdict stand. Debs attacked the justices as "begowned, bewhiskered, bepowdered old fossils who have never decided anything," before reporting to prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, on April 13, 1920. He was assigned a convict number of 2253, later to become 9653.
By that time, the war he'd been jailed for protesting had been over for more than a year. Several months later, he was transferred to the penitentiary in Atlanta, where he received the news of his nomination. Attempting to capitalize on his incarceration, the party put out buttons with Debs' picture and either of the two numbers he'd become known for, proclaiming "Convict 2253 for President" on some and "Convict 9653 for President" on others.
Despite his inability to hit to campaign trail, Debs won more than 900,000 votes in the 1920 election, his best showing to date. The victor, Republican Warren G. Harding, commuted his sentence in December 1921, citing Debs' age and physical condition. Though now a free man, Debs never ran for president again and died in 1926.
#18
Fishing Photos / Skip the fries
Last post by FinsnFur - May 12, 2024, 10:48:24 PMThese are a whole meal.
I'm going to need a bigger frying pan.
I'm going to need a bigger frying pan.
#19
Fishing Photos / Re: Fish On !
Last post by nastygunz - May 12, 2024, 10:48:00 PMFish were biting like crazy, that was on a setback in the Connecticut river. The little guy was reeling in a perch and all of a sudden there was a big swirl and his line went slack and he reeled in and his line was cut right off. I told him you just got robbed by a northern pike son ha ha.
