Posts Tagged ‘mississippi’

The Gateway to the West

olin ‘atomico’ patterson on the gateway to the west retracing the great river gateway to the west September 29, 2008 Retracing the steps of Mark Twain the team made haste up the Mississippi River today. After sitting down for lunch, they met a guy who spent 2 months canoeing down the Mississippi from its original [...]

New Madrid Fault Line

September 29, 2008 Tracing one of the most volatile faults in the US, the team followed the New Madrid Fault road 100 miles today through untouched little towns, abandoned mines, and ancient Native American settlements which were burrowed into the rocks thousands of years ago when thriving Choctaw Indians lived along the Mississippi flood plains. [...]