St Louis Company Sets Up Shop in Killdeer; Developing Round-About At Intersection of 20 / 200

Link here at Dickinson Press/Inside Climate News.

After a slowdown in St. Louis, J.M. Marschuetz construction began searching for other projects and thought western North Dakota’s roads that have been crumbling under oil field traffic could use some TLC, so the suburban St. Louis-based company expanded further than it had before, Vice President Michael Marschuetz said. 

The company plans to service the Williston, Killdeer and Dickinson areas and has set up shop in Killdeer. 

The 25-year-old company moved to the area in the past year. They are the firm building the roundabout at the intersection of highways 22 and 200 just south of Killdeer.

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Note to the Granddaughters

One of the many experiences the granddaughters and I have enjoyed is whale watching on the East Coast and the West Coast of the United States. I can't remember if I've posted about the phenomenal experience we had a couple months ago whale watching out of Boston.

I have several "whale" books in my library including, Eye of the Whale: Lyric Passage from Baja to Siberia, Dick Russell, c. 2004, but I am still learning about them. Interestingly, there is a  fairly long section in Simon Winchester's Atlantic about whaling. I have never read Herman Melville's Moby Dick; I never understood the fascination. But now, having read Winchester's Atlantic, I am intrigues. Funny how things work out.

At the peak of whaling when Melville was writing, as many as four hundred (400) whales were brought in by the whaling fleets each year. But then this: "in the 1060's, when Russian and Japanese factory ships were operating at full bore, as many as twenty-five thousand (25,000) sperm whales were taken from the North Pacific each year." Wow. And, all of a sudden I have more respect for Greenpeace. 

Speaking of books, on the way into Boston this evening (I try to ride into Boston every evening on my bicycle during nice weather), I discovered a new "bookstore." It's on Brattle Street near Harvard Square. It's an outside bookstore. The vendor is not there. There is a locked money box. Each book is clearly labeled on the front how much each book costs. Completely on the honor system. The outdoor bookstore has been in operation for five years. Completely on the honor system.