Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Uncovering La Salle's Griffon - A work in progress

Approximately 75 years ago I was sitting in my classroom while our teacher proceeded to teach us about the Louisiana Purchase. Somewhere amongst this lengthy explanation about the Louisiana Purchase, my teacher brought up the correlation between said purchase and it's infamous association that took place 120 some years earlier with explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's and his expeditions.