A Weldon Spring Story
Lake 33 Killing Relic

Available on Amazon, February 2025

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The Spillway at Lake 33

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Sort of a hint from my latest book Lake 33 Killing Relic 

“I saved the best for whenever you got out of prison,” said Buck.
I lifted the ceramic pot from the box, and a Native American warrior stared back at me. The slitted eyes and sewn-together mouth indicated the warrior was dead.
“The archaeologists think these pots were trophies to celebrate the killing of a powerful warrior or even the capture of the spirit. “This pot is probably haunted,” I said as a joke. 
“Look at the eye tattoo on that jar,” said Buck, beaming with pleasure. 
“And the pots were full of Cahokia arrowheads?” I asked.

So begins the odyssey to return home through a land ravaged by cancer, radioactive springs, and riddled with EPA Superfund Sites.

Near the giant Weldon Spring radioactive containment dome, an artifact hunter discovers a haunted cave with a cache of barrels from the Manhattan Project.

Authorities and collectors scramble to locate a priceless Native American artifact as terrorists set off a dirty bomb at a burning St. Louis landfill in an attempt to spread radioactive fallout and force the evacuation of the city.
All signs point to a USAF veteran trying to get home after years of war and time in prison.

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Cleaning up the radioactive sludge at the Weldon Spring factory

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View from the top of the Weldon Spring radioactive material containment dome

Department of Energy web page for Weldon Spring

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Map of the Lake 33 area in the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area

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This story is dedicated to all those who have suffered from radiation-caused cancer. It is dedicated to those who are currently battling this disease, to those who may be at risk, and to the unborn generations who may inherit the consequences of the Cold War and Manhattan Project.

Please consider in any book review of the subject matter, to add the names of your loved ones and friends lost to the radiation scourge.

Your role in spreading awareness about the sad subject of radiation-related cancer from the Manhattan Project and the uranium processing and radioactive waste storage during the Cold War is crucial. It deserves to be brought to everyone’s attention and, at the very least, spread awareness to keep children out of the contaminated areas.

Please consider joining one of the civic organizations promoting radiation awareness and environmental remediation.

Kayakingksc.com

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For further information about radiation in the Midwest:

Efforts to Compensate Victims of Nuclear Waste in the St. Louis Area

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irKqewgZ5ms

The Safe Side of the Fence Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6OfW_L0-RI

The Weldon Spring Interpretive Center

https://www.energy.gov/lm/weldon-spring-site-interpretive-center

The Weldon Spring Site Story, DOE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8unEfYoXByA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0EFB6D0PRk

Weldon Springs, Then and Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMN3zXVuF88

West Lake Landfill super fund

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAGKdxhDEzU

DNR Weldon Spring

https://dnr.mo.gov/waste-recycling/sites-regulated-facilities/federal/weldon-spring-site

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Brave or stupid: I loaded 3/4 of the first draft on my website for review, along with all the grammar errors and plot problems. So many first draft obsticals.

But when you think about it, the idea is 'creating the story' and fix the problems on the re-write and 39 edits.

Across the net, I keep reading "Never post the first draft."

So maybe I will delete the page? 

Brave or stupid? The chapters are loaded to Bruce Ryba Writing projects

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Death head face pot.

Missouri and Arkansas have the most Native American death head face pots.

Most of these artifacts have closed eyes and sewn together lips suggesting the subject is dead.

Also most have a tattoo of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker near the eyes. ----I would love to hear the religious or cultural theory of why the Ivory Billed Woodpecker?

The dates of these vases, range from the middle Mississippian era to the De Soto invasions.

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Return HOME from Lake 33 Killing Relic story

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