Tired of Pain Court yet?

[Alan Hartley]

Koontz John E wrote:

> It did occur to me after I signed off that what I needed was an ecological
> survey of St. Louis and that for this it would suffice to have an typical
> archaeological investigation of the American Bottom (in the midst of
> which, I note without further comment, St. Louis may be found).

The American Bottom) is on the east side of the the Mississippi (part of
"the Illinois" of those days), across the river from the then-named
Spanish Bottom (or Spanish side), which included St. Louis.

Alan