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Capt. Harold DeMarrero River Stories Volume 35 B
This Video continues my Coast Guard career while working at B & B Towing Duration : 0:8:40
EAS: Contaminated Water Warning (CWW) for St. Louis. Missouri
Not sure if I’ve done one of these yet. A Contaminated Water Warning due to a derailed train over the Mississippi River. Duration : 0:1:24
Experience Tundra Swans at the Upper Mississipi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Join the staff of the Upper Missississippi River National Widllfie and Fish Refuge on Nov. 14, 2009, to see thousands of tundra swans and celebrate Waterfowl Observation Day at the Brownsville, Minn., Overlook. The overlook is located approximately one mile … Continue reading
Jaws of the Mississippi
No, Jaws of the Mississippi is not the title of a recently discovered Mark Twain manuscript that pits Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin in a life-or-death battle with a Great White shark (“We’re gonna need a bigger raft!”). It is, … Continue reading
Is Zarahemla across the river from Nauvoo, IL?
In D&C 125:3 the Lord names a city across from Nauvoo, IL as Zarahemla. Is there any significance to this? Learn about the strategic importance of this location on the Mississippi River to the ancient peoples of North America because … Continue reading
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Perrot State Park, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Nicholas Perrot, a 17th century French Canadian fur trader spent the winter here in 1685. In 1731 Godefroy de Linctot built a fort at the “mountain whose foot is bathed by water”, sometimes written “La Montagne Qui Trempe a Leau” … Continue reading
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The Great Mississippi Flood 1/2 (1927)
The flood began when heavy rains pounded the central basin of the Mississippi in the summer of 1926. By September, the Mississippi’s tributaries in Kansas and Iowa were swollen to capacity. On New Year’s Day of 1927, the Cumberland River … Continue reading
“Music of the Mississippi River” In Prague
the “Music of the Mississippi River” group playing music on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic The Mississippi River is the second longest river in the United States, with a length of 2,320 mi (3,734 km) from its source … Continue reading
memorial day mississippi river
memorial day mississippi river Duration : 0:8:31