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Timeless Passage – American Queen

August 22, 2023August 20, 2023 by vdxqu

In the 1800’s seeing a boat like the American Queen, slowly making its way up the Mississippi River, was commonplace. This was the lifeblood of transportation for middle America and many people settling in the West. I can only imagine how much of an event the arrival of one of these boats would have been … Read more

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No Hurry

August 1, 2023 by Mark Washburn

“Rivers know this; there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” A.A. Milne

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The Upper Mississippi

December 15, 2022 by vdxqu

It is strange how little has been written about the Upper Mississippi. The river below St. Louis has been described time and again, and it is the least interesting part. One can sit on the pilot-house for a few hours and watch the low shores, the ungainly trees and the democratic buzzards, and then one … Read more

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