Rebuild by Going Local
Can struggling river towns bounce back by looking within?
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
Limited Vision
It's not easy to see past signs of decay to appreciate a city's past and its future.
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.
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