To begin exploring the 100's of pages within the MISSISSIPPI RIVER HOME PAGE, click on one of the docks on the upper left column. Rated #1 by Google since 1995! with our cruising steamboats inexcusably shut down for the moment, the European waterways have been teasing me to come explore a few more of the world's most renown rivers.  The FEATURE DIRECTORY is a good place to start. Or use the SEARCH Button located on most pages.

Visit our extensive Waterway Travel pages where we have just posted our story on cruising with AMA WATERWAYS along the Mosel, Rhine, and Main Rivers in Germany!

Your brand new, greatly expanded Volume 1, of Discover! America's Great River Road. From St. Paul to Dubuque, we've added hundreds of new entries, new photos, maps, and charts in a completely redesigned format to make it easier than ever to use.

Also newly printed for 2009 is COME HELL OR HIGH WATER by Michael Gillespie. Mike's anthology of contemporary sources paints a colorful and adventurous history of riverboating on America's Waterways. 

 "Last year we traveled 5,000+ miles along both sides of the Mississippi River. It was a fabulous trip... in large part due to your DISCOVER! America's Great River Road  guidebooks."  Reader from Oklahoma

Remember to visit our WHAT's NEW PAGE for all that's new on www.GreatRiver.com and lots of "this and that" from Pat on the Mississippi River Blog.

Click on this Features Link for dozens of Mississippi River Heritage and Natural History stories.  

New LIMITED EDITION print of a Mississippi River Ribbon Map is just $19.99! Immediate shipping!   CLICK MAP, left, to order.

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YES! We do paint your privately owned maps, beginning with a high resolution scan!  Click on the envelope, left, or phone 888-255-7726.

Falling Leaves expose landslides and mudflows from August '07
You may also be interested in the story, When Bluffs Throw Boulders  or The Flood of 1993

See the MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLOG for a summary of statistics from August 07 RAINS.

11-15" overnight rainfall along the Upper Mississippi River in August is now described as a 1000-year rainfall which turned clay and silt covering the bluffs into gelatin.
Click to See complete story and summary.

Photo Slideshows:
Brownsville, MN | Hokah, MN | Goodview & Winona, MN | Bad Axe River | Sidie Hollow | Winona, MN City | Mount Sterling | Chaseburg

For other natural oddities, visit: WHEN FISH FLY... Asian Bighead Carp have infiltrated well into the Upper Mississippi River. For some really good photos of really big fish from the Upper Mississippi, check out our regularly updated FISHING REPORT from Clements Barge in Genoa.

Oh, my dear fellow riverboat travelers, you will love this clip from the New York Times...CLICK PHOTO, left

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