The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 151National Geographic Society., 1977 - Geography |
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Page 245
HE RIVER AIR IS MOIST , sweetly sulfuric in the heat of August . Our diesel- driven towboat leaves the Pittsburgh T ... River from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi at Cairo , Illinois . Captain Himes , a master pilot , had long since memo ...
HE RIVER AIR IS MOIST , sweetly sulfuric in the heat of August . Our diesel- driven towboat leaves the Pittsburgh T ... River from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi at Cairo , Illinois . Captain Himes , a master pilot , had long since memo ...
Page 248
... river of destiny , romance , and folklore . But with increased settlement came the abuses of cities and heavy industry . The river slipped into civilized degradation , choking its aquatic life , alienating its people . heritage ; and ...
... river of destiny , romance , and folklore . But with increased settlement came the abuses of cities and heavy industry . The river slipped into civilized degradation , choking its aquatic life , alienating its people . heritage ; and ...
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... river , has faded to a shabby handful of build- ings behind a levee that never did much good . Defiant , obstinate , the people of Shawnee- town clung to their piece of floodplain through long years of inevitable but tragic inunda ...
... river , has faded to a shabby handful of build- ings behind a levee that never did much good . Defiant , obstinate , the people of Shawnee- town clung to their piece of floodplain through long years of inevitable but tragic inunda ...
Contents
INSIDE CUBA TODAY | 32 |
PUGET SOUND SEA GATE OF THE NORTHWEST | 71 |
THE GENTLE YAMIS OF ORCHID ISLAND | 98 |
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