PRINTER'S NO. 3894
No. 713 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY McGILL, HERMAN, ARMSTRONG, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES,
BEYER, BOYD, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COHEN, CORNELL,
CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CRUZ, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH,
GRUCELA, HARHART, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS,
HUTCHINSON, JAMES, LEDERER, MAJOR, MANN, MILLARD, MUSTIO,
NAILOR, PALLONE, PISTELLA, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO,
SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI
AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 24, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 24, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Commending Edwin Scholl for his four-year portrayal of Pvt. Hugh
2 Hall in the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, Missouri,
3 during the bicentennial commemoration as a member of the
4 Lewis and Clark Expedition.
5 WHEREAS, Edwin Scholl of North Wales, Pennsylvania, was a
6 member of the reenactment group which followed the original
7 Lewis and Clark Expedition, which reenactment spans the years
8 2003 through 2006; and
9 WHEREAS, The reenactors, known as the Discovery Expedition of
10 St. Charles, Missouri, retraced the movements of the original
11 Lewis and Clark Expedition through the area of the United States
12 annexed by the Louisiana Purchase of 1803; and
13 WHEREAS, Through the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles,
14 Missouri, Mr. Scholl portrayed fellow Pennsylvanian Pvt. Hugh
15 Hall, of Carlisle, who was a member of the original Lewis and
1 Clark Expedition; and
2 WHEREAS, Mr. Scholl began his role in Elizabeth, where many
3 believe the expedition's keelboat was built, and traveled 22
4 miles down the Monongahela River, 973 miles on the Ohio River
5 and 192 miles up the Mississippi River to the winter encampment
6 of 1803 at Camp Dubois, Illinois; and
7 WHEREAS, In the spring of 2004 the reenactors then traveled
8 1,500 miles up the Missouri River to the winter encampment of
9 1804 at Fort Mandan, North Dakota; and
10 WHEREAS, From Fort Mandan, the reenactors followed the
11 Missouri River to its headwaters, then crossed the Bitterroot
12 Mountains on horseback to Canoe Camp near Orofino, Idaho, where
13 they built dugout canoes and paddled the canoes down the
14 Clearwater River, to the Snake River, to the Columbia River and
15 finally to the Pacific Ocean and Fort Clatsop, Oregon; and
16 WHEREAS, The reenactors followed the Lewis and Clark journals
17 by camping at the locations indicated in the journals and
18 viewing the geographical features noted in the journals in an
19 effort to be as realistic as possible and living the true Lewis
20 and Clark experience; and
21 WHEREAS, The reenactment drew large crowds during their
22 8,000-mile journey and imparted unique Lewis and Clark
23 educational information to thousands of school children and
24 other interested visitors who arrived at their camps; and
25 WHEREAS, Mr. Scholl gave up significant portions of his time
26 and considerable costs for uniforms and accoutrements to
27 recreate this famous expedition; therefore be it
28 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend Edwin
29 Scholl for portraying Pvt. Hugh Hall and for participating in
30 the 2003-2006 reenactment of the historic Lewis and Clark
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1 Expedition throughout the upper portions of the Louisiana
2 Purchase; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
4 Edwin Scholl, P.O. Box 2434, Warminster PA 18974.
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