Three FATC brothers, Mike Bisaga, Steve Baker and Harold Bates, headed up to Camp Warren Levis in Godfrey Ill, to help with a Scout Merit Badge makeup day. We were assigned to the Fishing/Fly Fishing area to help do whatever was needed. When we arrived, we were asked to lead … Read More
Despite the heat index forecasted at 105, a dedicated group of FATC headed to the Current River to test the waters. The group included Mike Bisaga, Jim Craig, Kenny Klimes, Vernon Preston, Dave Komor, Steve “Big Dog” Baker, Ken Welter, Al Blair and Al Harper. With the temps in the … Read More
Between 1964 and 1967, Peabody Coal extracted 1.2 million tons of coal from a site only about 10 miles north of Columbia, MO. Of course, an intensive strip-mining operation on that scale drastically altered the landscape. Peabody made some effort to address the resulting scarred land and to stock the … Read More