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How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 hours agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown ...
For shrinking Mississippi River towns, frequent floods worsen fortunes
Associated Press via AOL· 3 days agoFlooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30% higher...
Takeaways from AP examination of flooding's effect along Mississippi River
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoCommerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many...
Sold down the river? 出卖
China Daily· 14 minutes agoDonald Trump: The auto workers are being sold down the river by their leadership, and their leadership should endorse Trump. In this quote, former US President Donald Trump ...
Izaak Walton League, USFWS celebrate 100 years of Upper Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Quad-City Times· 6 days agoIn the 1920s, Will Dilg learned of a plan to drain the backwaters of the Mississippi River near...
From Western Expansion To Climate Change: An Abbreviated History Of Water
Forbes· 10 hours agoIn an 1878 report to Congress and subsequent writings, explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell...
Eddy Krogman embarks on epic paddleboard journey across the entire Mississippi River
WKBT La Crosse· 2 days agoEver since he was 12 years old, Eddy Krogman has been captivated by the water. "It has always been a...
More than a month after body found in Mississippi River near Ste. Genevieve, police still searching...
KSDK St. Louis· 5 hours agoGenevieve County Sheriff's Office received a call from workers on the Mississippi River who...
Massive "dead zone" to form in Gulf of Mexico, scientists warn
CBS News· 31 minutes agoNearly 6,000 square miles - an area roughly the size of Connecticut - will become a "dead zone" for...
Amazon reveals the best books of 2024 (so far): The No. 1 pick 'transcends its own genre'
USA Today· 2 hours agoAmazon's “Best Books of the Year So Far” list is here, and the number one choice, "James" by...
