The front door to photo albums of places along the Mississippi River.
This is a composite of three photos taken at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in October 2012, at Fort Defiance State Park near Cairo, Illinois; the Ohio is on the left and the Mississippi on the right. Just over a year before, the point from where I took these photos was under
Just south of Cape Girardeau (Missouri), the Mississippi River cuts a seven-mile gorge through the thick limestone of the Shawneetown Ridge. The gorge, known as the Thebes Gap or the Grand Chain, is as narrow as 3,000 feet in places and was notoriously difficult to navigate, at least until the Army Corps of Engineers began blasting
Lock and Dam #6 at dusk. Picture taken October 2010 at Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Lock and Dam #6; Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Sunsets never bore me. This picture was taken a few days ago along the Mississippi River just south of the Chester (Illinois) river bridge. Mississippi River at Chester, Illinois
Lotus in late summer; Reno Bottoms (Minnesota); photo taken September 2012. Lotus
You can still find fisheries along the Mississippi River, although they are far less common than they once were. This place is in Niota, IL (across the Mississippi River from Fort Madison, Iowa). Photo taken February 2012. Niota, IL
