Episode 20: Kimmswick Mayor Philip Stang on Living in and Managing the Historic Mississippi River Town

What are the challenges involved with managing a small rivertown? And how does a dyed-in-the-wool Northeasterner and international business consultant end up living in a small town on the Mississippi River in the middle of America? That’s the path Philip Stang has followed to Kimmswick, Missouri, where he has served multiple terms as Mayor.

By |2023-06-01T17:15:10-05:00May 31st, 2023|Podcast|Comments Off on Episode 20: Kimmswick Mayor Philip Stang on Living in and Managing the Historic Mississippi River Town

Mark Twain Goes Home Again

Sam Clemens grew up in Hannibal, Missouri. We all know that. Those years provided fodder for his future works of fiction and shaped a good part of his character (and maybe the bad parts, too). We know that, too. Sam Clemens in 1850 During his life, Clemens related many happy memories of

By |2018-11-25T11:37:16-05:00November 25th, 2018|About the Mississippi Valley|Comments Off on Mark Twain Goes Home Again

New Madrid

Population (2010) 3,127 Introduction New Madrid (pronounced MAD-rid) is best known for being at the epicenter of a powerful series of earthquakes, but it is also an old community along the Middle Mississippi that traces its roots back to the Spanish colonial days. Take some time to get to

By |2022-06-27T09:13:37-05:00August 29th, 2018|Missouri|Comments Off on New Madrid

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