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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 Des Moines River. South of the river is the State of Missouri; north is Iowa. It’s a scenic area but not especially remarkable. The Missouri side has a couple of Fireworks super stores, while the [...]

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Rebuild by Going Local

Can struggling river towns bounce back by looking within?

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Destination of the Day: Keokuk, Iowa

Keokuk may have had a rough go of it in recent years, but it still lays claim to one of the most impressive engineering feats on the Mississippi River–a hydroelectric power plant that was one of the world’s largest when it opened in 1913. If you visit Keokuk this weekend (June 30/July 1, 2012), you [...]

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