Destination of the Day: Keokuk, Iowa

Keokuk Power Plant 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

By |2016-10-21T15:28:51-05:00June 25th, 2012|Destination of the Day|Comments Off on Destination of the Day: Keokuk, Iowa

Iowa’s Skuzzy River Towns

Last week, The Atlantic published an opinion piece about life in Iowa written by New Jersey-born Stephen G. Bloom, I had a hard time getting through the whole article, because I don’t generally read fiction, especially when it is cloaked as respectable reporting.

By |2016-10-21T15:29:01-05:00December 15th, 2011|About the Mississippi Valley|14 Comments

Getting the Funk Out

I’ve been in a funk. Work has been slow, and book signings and sales have been sluggish since winter started. With a lot of free time on my hands, I’ve been working on adding content to MississippiValleyTraveler.com, cleaning up some aesthetic issues, and kicking off a marketing effort. The work has been tedious and time

By |2016-10-21T15:29:19-05:00January 24th, 2010|Blogging the Great River Road|Comments Off on Getting the Funk Out

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