NT LOOKING FOR
PROOF ABOUT THE EXACT STARTING
POINT.
SHANNON: IF YOU KNOW
YOUR
HISTORY YOU KNOW THAT THE LOUIS
AND CLARK EXPEDITION BEGAN IN A
BEAUTIFUL
AMERICAN CITY OF
ST. LOUIS.
WAIT, WHAT?
COME WITH ME BACK IN
TIME.
1803, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
PARK
SERVICE MARY WEATHER LOUIS
STARTED THAT FAMOUS EXPEDITION
NOT AT FOR THE FAYETTE IN
PITTSBURGH
BUT ST. LOUIS.
TO THAT PITTSBURGHERS
RESPECTFULLY SAY, IN A I
KI
NAH,
NAH.
>> SHE BUILT A KEEL BOAT, FOR
THE FAYETTE, IN AUGUST
OF 1803
HE WILL ORDERED UP HIS MEN, HIS
DOGS, ALL OF HIS EQUIPMENT.
SHANNON:
ANDY M ARK SIC SAYS HE
ONLY MADE IT TO
BRUNO'S ISLAND
THAT FIRST DAY.
>> THEY GOT STUCK 500-YARD DOWN
RIVER BEFORE THEY
GOT TO MCKEES
ROCKS LOUIS HAD TO UNLOAD THE
KEEL BOAT AND DRAG
IT WITH ROPES
OVER THE SAND BARS.
SHANNON: THEY
SAY THE NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE STUDIED THIS ISSUE
AND ARE CLOSE TO MAKING A
RECOMMENDATION TO CONGRESS, LET
THEM KNOW ONLINE IF YOU THINK
THE OFFICIAL LOUIS AND CLARK
NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL SHOULD
EXTEND THE LENGTH
OF THE OHIO
RIVER TO PITTSBURGH.
>> I SAY WE SUPPORT
THE
CONCLUSION THAT PITTSBURGH IS
THE LOGICAL BEGINNING BECAUSE WE
ARE COMPETING WITH A LOT OF
OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WERE
NOT
INCLUDED LIKE HARPER'S FERRY,
THEY ARE SCREAMING
ABOUT THIS
THAT THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED IN
THE OFFICIAL TRAIL.
SHANNON: NEED MORE PROOF?
IF YOU
READ THE JOURNALS OF
LOUIS AND CLARK JUST GO TO PAGE
1,
SAID "LEFT PITTSBURGH TODAY,
GOT STUCK, PUT THE MEN TO BED
AFTER GIVING THEM
A DRAM OF
WHISKEY."
SHANNON: YOU NOW HAVE A SAY
IN
HISTORY.
>> YOUR VOICES WILL BE COUNTED
AND HEARD.
SHANNON: SHANNON PERRINE,
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4.
JACKIE: IF
YOU WANT TO REGISTER
YOUR OPINION ABOUT WITH THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WE HAVE A
