Drive anywhere along the Mississippi or most any other river and you’ll see a levee, an earthen wall that parallels the river to keep water in the main channel and out of the adjacent floodplain. In this episode, I talk with Nicholas Pinter about levees and the good and bad that has come with
Population (2010) 47 Visitor Information Get your questions answered from the folks at the Pike County Chamber of Commerce (217.285.2971). History Shaved off of Kinderhook Township in 1875, Levee Township takes its name from the big Sny Island Levee that keeps the Mississippi River out of its
Population (2010) 626 History Richard M. Johnson is credited with coming up with the name Ursa but for reasons no one knows; it is the only place in the US that is called Ursa. Sure, some people called the area Bear Creek before 1850, and Ursa is apparently Latin for
Population (2010) Unincorporated History Amzi Doolittle (one of my all-time favorite names) and Edward White arrived in 1826. Doolittle built a mill near where a little village called Appanoose was platted in 1836. Another European who arrived early was Patrick Dougherty of Sligo County, Ireland. He built a home
Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie The great Mississippi River flood of 1927 inspired dozens of songs. Among those recorded a bit later was a tune from Kansas Joe (born Wilber McCoy) and Memphis Minnie (born Lizzie Douglas), a husband and wife team, called When the Levee Breaks that they recorded in 1929. The song
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
