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<br />Till' .\li~;.:is..o,;:ippi Bin'l". .\ItH'ri('a'~ 1)I'~t know Ii rin','. W'f'ds !lo"ill.tI'O:
<br />dut'tioll. For lIIost of its :!.:~;.)O Illile \t'lIgth. hOWI""l'l'. the- .:\IISf:l!"~lppl
<br />tOfla\" (~'lllltl S(':u"('l'h" hi.' l'olli'idPrt." an ltlltoudlf'll Jiatural rt'BOllH~l'.
<br />III lli:IllY area:' it has h..PII Jll'a\"ily iml'adl'd h\' pollution. ~'(julJlPting
<br />j'OIlIIlH'l't'ial lI!'t':o; han- Il,' aud Jar:.!,- 1I\'l'n.;Jwl)owt'd lIttf'ntlOll to IIU'
<br />1'('1'1'1'<11 inn.II potpllti:d or' till' rin'l'. But. winding frolll its SOIl!'t'(. .at
<br />I.ak,. haSt'a :-lJlllh to till' ('it\" flf .\noka. .:\fillTwsota. thl' ;J:~O-nlllc
<br />stl't't(.h of tlIP I'in'r oll'l'l's oppnj'tlll1itil's for ,"jHitOJ'S to t.ujoy a nll'il'ty
<br />of j'xl"l'II"llt wild. ~.t'lli(. afld r{,\'l'('ation:d lIualitit.s. III tlus areOl I11I1('h
<br />of tIlt' l'i'"l'r still W<ll'rallh .:\1:I1'k Twaill's dp:o;erii'tioJl. writtl'1l IH'ady
<br />a {'I'IlI11ry ag"o:
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<br />"TIll' IIl:ljt,:o;til' I1lu1l':" that nn~r1(J(jk tlu' "in'I". along Ihrnll~h
<br />thi... 1't,.riOIl. ('harlll 0111' with tll<' ,rr:wc anti ,"ari{,t," of tllrl!"
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<br />fOI"III.... -and tlit' soft heauty of thpir adol'IlIl\l'nt" '1'111' ~tl't'P
<br />n'l'dallt ;;;Iopl'" who:-;I' hast' i~ at the W:lt{'I"'~ {'dl!i'. is tflJlpt'd II."
<br />a lofty ralllp'll"t. of hl'nkl'll. tlllT('h~d nM'ks. which an' I'X-
<br />qnisih'ly rich and 1Ilt'lIow ill mlor-lll11inly {lark hrowns :lllll
<br />dull g"1'l'{'JlS, bllt spla~lll'd with other tinH. .\nd thell you
<br />han' thC' ::;;hinilll! rin'l'. winding }l('n~ and them and yonder. its
<br />swt'l'p illh~ITllplt'd al illtpT"\-a!s" hy dllstf,J'~ of wooded i~lands
<br />thn'Hdl'tl by ~il\'(',' dl;!IlIIt'ls: and YOll haq. glimpsl's of dis-
<br />I ant \-illagt's. n.slpl'p 1I)l1l1l capi's: and of st('althy rafts slipping-
<br />alnll~ in till' slllld{' lIf tilt' fon'~t walls: and of whitl' slt'allH'l~
<br />\"ani'shing al"OlInd 1'{'lllott., pl)illt~. .\n<l it is all as tl":lll(l',il and
<br />n'posl'f1l1 as dl't':l1l1land. alld has Ill1thing this-worldly ahout
<br />it.-lIothing-tohallg'a frd ora worry upon:'
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<br />Today. a:o; it was;\ I'I'IIIIII'Y ago. it, i~ Jlo:-::-:il,lt' 10 float down stl'l'tclws
<br />of till' :\Ii:-:~i:;..-:ii'pi':-: :-:till :,t'I'I'I1I' \\";lII'I~. to t'njll\" 1I11101l1'hl'd fon'sts aud
<br />plaill:'. :Inti to :O;Willl and li~h ill walt'l' of SIlPl'r1llluality.
<br />Vrolll Ill(' Sl:llldpoillt flf:l wild ..inl' ('Xpt'rit'Ill'I'. Ita:':l':l :-;tatp I'ark,
<br />a! tlJl' ~Onn"t' of tlu' .\lississipl,i. I'lllhl':l('{'!-'; l'oul!hl." tit) Stlllal"p miJ<.s of
<br />t''\n'pl iOll:d wildt'l"llrs.-:. fon':..;{{'d wilh \"irg-in Xnrway alld while "illl'.
<br />Till' Chipll('wa X:lliollul Fon'sl adj;l("l'llf to tlu'.\li~"is."il'pi olft'l1i Illih's
<br />(If elt':!," llorllU'1"1I w;llp)' wilh (',\('pllt'llt :-'tallds of pilli's alHl an all\lll-
<br />tlarlt'l' of wiJdlif(>, HlIggI'd IW:Ulty (':III hf' ~t'(,11 Iwar Ibll Club Lakl'
<br />wlll'I"I' rJll' rin'l' hl'f'OIllPS t':\('t,t'diTl~h' tOl'tllnll~. and a 110llblp strelllll
<br />llf W:Ilt'l" (>,wlnst's:l ~'I"ips of Ian!!' islniHl~.
<br />TIlt' 1':1I"1y IlistllT'Y of :\1 in rw:';ol a and IIH' cOfl1lilt'st of tilt' frnlltil'r un-
<br />fold l11ill' It," milt, aloll~ r!1l' ri\'t'rwa,'. .\n'l'il'IH Indian Illnlllld~ and
<br />hatllt'lil'ld:'::."I':lrly rnllr{'~ of PxplOl":llio"lI. and pifllH'('rill,~ Ir:lllin"~ 1'0:-:1:,=.
<br />Fori Hipll'.". .\lilllH':-,ota':-; St'l"fllld old"...r military IHbt. frclIlI ,,""il,1I
<br />%t,III1III11 I)il,p. ~jl'lIr 1)11111111. Fatlll'l" Ill'II!ll'pin :lwl.lllIlalh:11l (':ll"n'l"
<br />~,t 01lt l!Jlllll lllt'il" hi":lnril' nl."agt':'. 1':111 hI' flllllld :lloll"~ I!ll' h:i1d;::, or
<br />tlJis sfl'l'tch of 1111' rin',""
<br />Till' ~('lllo!!il' tJri!!in,o.; of .\lilllH':-:ota an' al~n frat"l'd :1l()1l~ till' :\Ii:-::-:i~-
<br />:,ipl'i from tll\' :1I\l"i"llt IIt'd of !!I:\l'ial L:t!;:l' ~\itkl''', wh;'J't. II\!, 1'[\"1'1"
<br />IIlt'andt'l":-' :tcross a hl"ll;Hl nlhn'ial p]:lin to rill' gl:}('i:d till ~trt'l('hill!!
<br />:->ollth Inward ;-':1. Clolld awl fnl"llH'r dO\'"I1:-:ln':11l1 to till' .\nnk:l :'antl
<br />Plain \\IIt'n' linl' :->:lnd lhnlll:!h till' n:H:; has fOI"IlH'd :-:tl"ikill'~ tllllll'~
<br />d:-:ihk from tlll' rin'l". ,. ,....
<br />.\t k:lst ~,:2 dill"I'n'nt :-:lwl'it~"": of li,..:h han' hl'f'n idl'lllili\'ll in thl' rppPI'
<br />:\li~-:issipJli. ilH'l11dillg "'alll..\"t~. \""orthf'l"n Pikt'. Yellow P('I'l'h, ~lJlall-
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