Posts that highlight a place along the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River flows from east to west through Muscatine, Iowa before taking a sharp turn to the south on the west end of town. This panorama was taken at the spot where the river makes the turn (photo taken March 2013). See more photos here. The big bend at Muscatine, Iowa
The M.L. King Bridge in St. Louis disappears into a void on a foggy fall day (picture taken November 2012). See more pictures here. King Bridge; St. Louis, MO
Fog hangs underneath a tree in the bottoms near Gulfport, Illinois. (picture taken March 2013) Illinois bottoms; near Gulfport
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
Muscatine, Iowa was the pearl button manufacturing center of the world in the early 1900s. The buttons were made from mussels harvested from the Mississippi River, which is why the city's riverfront today has a very tall statue of a clammer. I got there on a morning when the river was entirely hidden by a
Winter scene in Itasca State Park, Minnesota. (Photo taken January 2011) Itasca State Park (MN)
