by Staff | Jun 7, 2013 | Blog, River History
Right now it is the best of times and the worst of times………. Back in the early 1900s, rail systems, steam ships and the automobile were the major modes that dominated transportation. Life was grand! Transport was becoming faster, more efficient and more comfortable....
by Staff | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog, River History
When our forefathers crossed the Mighty Mississippi and ventured west, they came upon a vast rolling prairie full of potential for farming and ranching. Traveling by covered wagon, it would take months to cross the Great Plains, from the Mississippi to the Rocky...
by Staff | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter, River History
In last month’s newsletter we were encouraged to imagine “twirling, whirling, rough muddy waters” of the Mississippi River. Now think for a minute what it was like for the people who lived through the worst man-made ecological disaster in our country’s history: the...
by Staff | Sep 27, 2012 | Blog, River History
This fall we are celebrating the rivers of America with the 40th Anniversary of the US Clean Water Act. The Oct 18, 1972 Clean Water Act led to the cleanup of the Mississippi River, as well as most of its tributaries — and in fact most rivers everywhere in the...
by Staff | Apr 4, 2012 | Blog, River History
Founded: 1858 Best Known For: Being at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Size of City: ~3000 Residents Cairo, IL: Not to be confused with Cairo, Egypt (the town’s namesake), this small town is at the southernmost tip of Illinois. It is the lowest...
by Staff | Feb 29, 2012 | Blog, River History
Founded in: 1837 Best Known for: Home town of Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever. (8 Ft 11in) Size of City: ~28,000 Residents Alton, IL: Twenty five miles north of St Louis on the Mississippi River, located near the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and...
