The river may be slowly going down, but the smart folks in Clarksville (Missouri) are waiting a little while longer before dismantling the temporary flood wall that protected downtown from recent high water. In spite of the street closures around the flood wall, businesses are open and sure would be grateful if you’d pay them [...]
Best of the Upper Mississippi: Dining with a View
25 places with good views and good food from the Headwaters to St. Louis
Knowing Where You Are
It's time for Mississippi River towns to re-assert their identities.
From Slave to Emancipator
About 70 miles north of Hannibal, Missouri, the Mississippi floodplain is bisected by a five-mile wide valley carved by the ...
Shipping on the Mississippi River: What Are the Real Costs?
Is bulk shipping by river sustainable? It's hard to know when no one is willing to ask about the costs.
A Day for Remembering, A Time for Moving Forward
38 Dakota men were hanged on this day in 1862; justice wasn't served.

Destination of the Day: Hixon Forest hiking
We continue our May trek along Wisconsin’s west coast with a stop high above La Crosse. Hixon Forest’s 800 acres are criss-crossed by 13 miles of trails for hikers and dirt bikers, winding their way up and across several bluffs with great views of the region. I was lucky enough once to come across a [...]

Song of the Day: River’s Going Wild
We continue our May focus on songs from musicians outside the US with The River’s Going Wild from Black Island Hood, a group based in Mexico City composed of two members from France and one from Mexico. You’ll find this Delta blues-inspired song on the 2011 CD called Mississippi Was Your Name, which you can [...]
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–The Midwest Book Review, January 2011.
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