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Great River Publishing is pleased to announce the KINDLE release of Michael Gillespie’s entertaining new steam history:  RAILROAD STORIES..True Adventures, Humorous Tales, and High Melodrama from the Days of Steam [Kindle Edition]

Michael applies his generous wit, dry humor, and historical insights to the school of railroading literature at the height of the steam era … journals, press reports, trade magazines all produced stories meant at the time to entertain readers… but which today offer a compelling folk history from the early days of railroads. 340 pages from the respected author of two of the river's best steamboat histories, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER and WILD RIVER WOODEN BOATS.
Click on cover image to explore a sample edition ONLINE or to download a sample directly to your Kindle!

 

Our EAGLE PAGES are becoming some of the most popular now that the Upper River is freezing, snow lays on the fields, and eagles begin to congregate at open water below the dams.  Cassville, on the Mississippi, will hold its 18th annual Bald Eagle Days on Jan. 28 and Jan. 29. Prairie du Chien, up the river from Cassville, will hold Bald Eagle Appreciation Day on Feb. 25.

We spent the past month birding in St. Lucie County, Florida, and will post that story soon! Florida shares many of the Lower Mississippi River waterfowl... Brown Pelicans, Snowy Egrets, Woodstorks, Roseate Spoonbills, Louisiana Heron, and Alligators!  Please visit our RAMBLIN' BLOG for quick updates on the river, and for observations on Birding.

Our popular Mississippi River FISHING REPORT now includes DAILY automatic fishing news UPDATES! Interested in a daily overview of GENERAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEWS generated by Google? Find it here!

 

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By the way, we are also "repositioning" here at www.greatriver.com .... beginning a steady process of updating our web pages! One of my goals is to increase our ability to interact without being inundated with spam. If you visit our RAMBLIN' ON blog, please do make use of the REPLY link to send us your Mississippi River news and updates...  river questions, observations, travel news, birding, hiking... all your waterway comments are welcome!

 

2012 is shaping up to be a year of 200-year anniversaries... the first steamboat excursion on the ROOSEVELT in December of 2012, the New Madrid Earthquake in Dec/Jan of 1811-12, the War of 1812 should be remembered in New Orleans and at the fort in Fort Madison. Civil War anniversaries of various sorts will be noted as well throughout the year.
 

 

WATERWAY CRUISE REPORT: Cruising the Galapagos Islands on the Galapagos EVOLUTION!

If you have been considering a small boat cruise of the Galapagos Islands, there have been several recent developments that make the remainder of 2011 prime time for this destination. Visit our newest Waterway Cruise Report for details and recommendations for visiting Ecuador!

On the hunt for some great WARM WEATHER destinations this winter? We have many in our waterway cruise reports, including Panama, Mexico and Arizona.

Armchair travelers will enjoy our extensive library of
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The AMERICAN QUEEN IS BACK and will begin cruising in 2012! Visit our Waterway Cruise Reports for more info!  American Cruise Line will have its new PADDLEWHEELER cruising by August of 2012, and BLOUNT Cruise Lines is also offering cruises on American rivers. It will be a great year for traveling America's rivers.

 

Remember to visit our FEATURE PAGE DIRECTORY for an expanded listing of ALL our feature stories on Heritage, Natural History, and Recreation Resources for visiting the Mississippi River. 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. The FEATURE DIRECTORY is a good place to start your tour of www.GreatRiver.com Or use the SEARCH Button located on most pages. Over 31 cruise destinations are detailed in our WATERWAY CRUISE REPORTS and TRAVEL FEATURES. Not only have we been traveling and reporting on traveling the Mississippi River for 23 years, but we have concurrently been exploring many of the world's great travel destinations... and many you've never heard of!

Stunning photographs of international waterways are included in our professional Great River photo gallery.  Other galleries offer detailed photos of vistas, quality note cards, antique maps and other river art.

Click here to see just our MOST POPULAR photographs... all are available as quality 5x7" note cards, individually wrapped.
 

Our HAND-PAINTED HISTORIC MAPS of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER are considered the "most beautiful on the Internet" by many of our readers.

And don't leave home without the indispensable guide to Mississippi River and Great River Road travel!    ....  Many Birding hotspots are noted in the NEW greatly expanded Volume 1, of the classic Mississippi River travel guide: Discover! America's Great River Road, Vol 1.

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Discover! America's Great River Road, Vol 1  (St. Paul to Dubuque)
St. Paul to Dubuque   $19.95

 

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