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Kim Williams on Fall Travel Along the Great River Road in Arkansas
Episode 8
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In this episode, I wrap up the two-part mini-series on fall travel along the Great River Road. Arkansas-based travel writer Kim Willi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Reggie McLeod on Fall Travel in the Driftless Area
Episode 7
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It's bonus episode time already! This episode is part one of a two-part series on fall travel along the Mississippi River. First up: …
4 years, 1 month ago
Twin Tragedies: Cholera and Fire Devastate St. Louis in 1849
Episode 6
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In 1849, St. Louisans must have wondered what they had done so wrong to deserve suffering through two terrible tragedies. Steamboats …
4 years, 1 month ago
Boyce Upholt on the Plan to Rebuild Louisiana's Coastal Marshes
Episode 5
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For decades, Louisiana has been losing coastal marshes in areas around the mouth of the Mississippi River. The biggest causes for the…
4 years, 1 month ago
Gregg Andrews on Growing up in the Mississippi River Bottoms near Hannibal, Missouri
Episode 4
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Historian, musician, and author Gregg Andrews grew up in the Mississippi River bottoms south of Hannibal, Missouri, in the shadow of …
4 years, 2 months ago
Busting Myths about the Mississippi River
Episode 3
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The Mississippi River is polluted! It’s for barges only. Dams on the upper river were built for flood control. These are a few of the…
4 years, 2 months ago
Six Reasons to Travel along the Mississippi River
Episode 2
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The Mississippi River is one of the great attractions in the United States, and the route that parallels the river, the Great River R…
4 years, 3 months ago
Getting Hooked on the Mississippi River
Episode 1
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In the inaugural episode of the Mississippi Valley Traveler podcast, host Dean Klinkenberg describes his journey to the Mississippi R…
4 years, 3 months ago