Population (2010) 319,305 Introduction St. Louis, my hometown, is a city with a long and layered history. As residents of Flyover Country, we tend to make the national news only when something goes wrong. Sure, we have our problems, but so do plenty of other places. We are a big
Heavy rains in late March and April have awoken the Mississippi River from its winter slumber. Here are two pictures from about the same spot at Jones Confluence State Park that show the water level now (April 19, 2013) and when it was at a more typical level (Sept 2006). See more pictures here.
I'm lucky enough to live a short 20-minute drive from the point where North America's two longest rivers meet. which means I get a lot of opportunities to photograph the confluence and to do so at different times of year. The two panoramas below were taken at a time when both rivers were near historically
Here are two pictures from Confluence Point, where the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers become one (just north of St. Louis). The Missouri River is to the left, ending its 2300-mile journey. The Mississippi River is on the right, some 1,150 miles from its headwaters in northern Minnesota. The top photo was taken just last week;
