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Nevada Highways
Nevada Highways #nevada #roadtrip #tunnels #gointothelight
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Crossing the Great Salt Flats in a storm
Crossing the salt flats this morning. #SaltFlats #RoadTrip #Utah
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Road trip!
Road trip! #hwy80 #roadtrip #nevada #desert
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It was humbling to watch the expert at work [VIDEO]
It was humbling to watch the expert at work. The…
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Aboard the Belle of Louisville as guests of the ship’s engineering crew [VIDEO]
Aboard the Belle of Louisville as guests of the ship’s…
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The charming and colorful George Hausser
I interviewed the charming and colorful George Hausser while we…
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Apparently it rains in Southern Ohio [VIDEO]
Apparently it rains in Southern Ohio. 10 minutes later it…
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Shantyboat supermarket run in stolen golf cart [VIDEO]
Shantyboat supermarket run in stolen golf cart. #OhioRiver #Portsmouth #AwesomeMarina…
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When the captain’s away, the mice will play [VIDEO]
Here is what happens on the shantyboat when the captain is…
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The Case. [VIDEO]
The Case. #shantyboat #mystery #foundobjects #bodyparts
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Pop-up exhibition of the Secret History project at Marietta’s First Friday [VIDEO]
Open house and pop-up exhibition of the Secret History project…
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The Valley Gem makes way up the Muskingum River at the Marietta waterfront [VIDEO]
The Valley Gem makes way up the Muskingum River at…
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A shantyboat trip down the Ohio [VIDEO]
A video created by Post-Gazette staff photographer Andrew Rush.
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Montgomery Locks on the Ohio River [VIDEO]
Montgomery Locks on the Ohio River #shantyboat #lockanddam #locks #ohioriver…
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As everyone knows, when you drive under a train, it’s good luck. [VIDEO]
As everyone knows, when you drive under a train, it’s…
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Hazel at the bow of Evan’s boat on the Allegheny [VIDEO]
Hazel at the bow of Evan’s boat on the Allegheny.…
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Middle of the night truckstop shantyboat repair [VIDEO]
Middle of the night truckstop epoxy work to repair the…
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Shantyboat Drydock [VIDEO]
In early June, we took the shantyboat to the Santa…
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Hmm. Is that okay? [VIDEO]
I’m not sure it is supposed to be doing that.…
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Michael Swett – Just One Thing at a Time [VIDEO]
This is an excerpt of my interview with Michael Swett.…
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Vrinda Quintero – To Me the River Is [VIDEO]
Excerpt of interview with Vrinda Quintero about growing up in…
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Shantyboat Dotty in Felton Remembers Parade [VIDEO]
Shantyboat Dotty and crew in Felton Remember Parade
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Roland Law’s Wildest Dream for the San Lorenzo River [VIDEO]
Roland Law talks about his conservation work along the banks…
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George Ow Jr Tells Us About Chinatowns along the San Lorenzo River [VIDEO]
An interview with George Ow Jr. along the banks of…
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Interview with Leo Cruz along the San Lorenzo River [VIDEO]
Interview with Leo Cruz about growing up near a river…
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Interviewed with Mary Beeson along the San Lorenzo River [VIDEO]
Your browser does not support the video tag. I interviewed…
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Interview with Greg Pepping about San Lorenzo River [VIDEO]
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Interview with shipmate Benzy [VIDEO]
SL Benz has been a shipmate on the Secret History…
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The “Mad” Ohio: the Great Ohio River Flood of 1937
The greatest natural disaster in Tri-State history happened in January-February…
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Flatboatmen of the Frontier 1941 Ohio River Valley Documentary [VIDEO]
Enjoy this charming (and educational) 1941 documentary covers the process…
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Ohio River: Young Man River 1965 US Army Corps of Engineers [VIDEO]
An amazing mid-century educational film by the US Army Corps…
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A push to remove the homeless from the American River [VIDEO]
To follow up on our visit to the American River…
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River Voices (Unofficial Cut) – 2018 Trailer
A collaboration between artists Wes Modes and Lauren Kincaid-Filbey
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Rediscovering our secret cache of Dr Thunder’s Peachy Fire Whiskey during a shantyboat workday. #shantyboat #secrethistory #firewhiskey
Rediscovering our secret cache of Dr Thunder’s Peachy Fire Whiskey…
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Shantyboat Flyby [VIDEO]
An exterior tour of the Shantyboat Dotty on the Tennessee…
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New York Exhibition Walkthrough [VIDEO]
In July 2018, WhiteBox Art Space in New York is…
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Furgary Boat Club & Shantytown [VIDEO]
In the city of Hudson, known to tourists for its…
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River Voices – 2017 Trailer [VIDEO]
After 3 years of fieldwork, 1000 river miles, 15,000 road…
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Draining the water tanks to revamp the water system. #secrethistory
Draining the water tanks to revamp the water system. #secrethistory…
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Gerty Tonjum, boathouse owner, talks about river time [Video]
Gerty Tonjum, boathouse owner in Winona, MN along the banks…
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Dramatic skies over the shantyboat on the Tennessee River [VIDEO & PANORAMA]
Dramatic skies over the shantyboat on the Tennessee River near…
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Lost at the rainy end of the world! Next episode of the SHANTYBOAT GUYS [VIDEO]
Lost at the rainy end of the world! Next episode…
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Life without the internets! Next on the SHANTYBOAT GUYS [VIDEO]
Life without the internets! Next on the SHANTYBOAT GUYS
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An afternoon roadtrip on Tennessee back roads [VIDEO]
An afternoon roadtrip on Tennessee back roads. Age and I…
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The fish ain’t bitin next on the SHANTYBOAT GUYS [VIDEO]
The fish ain't bitin next on the SHANTYBOAT GUYS
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Serious beverage situation on the next episode of the SHANTYBOAT GUYS [VIDEO]
Serious beverage situation on the next episode of the SHANTYBOAT…
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Shantyboat Flyby [VIDEO]
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We thought we might fit under the train bridge at Decatur AL [VIDEO]
Train bridge Decatur AL. We thought at first we might…
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Cocktail hour! Next on the Shantyboat Guys! [VIDEO]
Cocktail hour! Next on the Shantyboat Guys with @dudicusmaximus
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WAFF Huntsville: Shanty floating down the TN seeking hidden histories of river people [VIDEO]
Get close enough to the Tennessee river, you can hear…
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WVLT Knoxville: Shanty boat tours America’s rivers via Knoxville [VIDEO]
It's a hot summer day on Knoxville's Volunteer Landing and…
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Doris Turner – What does the river mean to you? [VIDEO]
Excerpt from interview with Dorris Turner in Guntersville, Alabama along…
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Just your usual sunny day fishing rainstorm experience [VIDEO]
Just your usual sunny day fishing rainstorm experience
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Welcome to Chattanooga. Here, have a cataclysm
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Knoxville News Sentinel: California artist launches 652-mile Tennessee River trip from Volunteer Landing
Docked at Volunteer Landing at Knoxville's downtown waterfront this week…
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The Battle Against the Ever-Growing Ever-Multiplying ToDo List Monster
Oh god. Down to a matter of hours before we…
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A Crazy Plan to Launch the Shantyboat in the Ocean [Video]
We launched in the Santa Cruz Harbor yesterday and pulled the boat…
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Shantyboat Near Dubuque, Iowa [VIDEO]
Shanytboat video taken by the Open Research Buoy.
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Karen Galema, Mississippi River fisherman [video]
Karen Galema in her life has been a fisherman, an…
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Two Great Interviews in the Twin Cities
All and all, it was an amazing and emotionally exhausting…
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Artist On Art: Wes Modes, Artist Interview
Artist Activist, Wes Modes came onto Artists on Art, June…
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Secret History Summer 2015 Kickstarter
We are excited to announce the Secret History Upper Mississippi…
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Maiden Launch (vintage remix) [Video]
The shantyboat Dotty's maiden launch. Dropping a completely untested boat…
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Life On the River – 2015 Trailer [VIDEO]
The amazing Secret History River Life trailer by filmmaker Monica…
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Ice Fishing Shack on Lake Winona [Video]
One of my goals in returning to the Upper Mississippi…
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La Crosse Boathouses [Video]
Down in La Crosse for the day, I hung out…
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Ice on Frog Slough [Video]
The other day I had just finished talking to the…
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Experiments with Multimedia [Video]
The production team and I are working on cutting various…
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Shantyboat at FIGMENT Oakland [Video]
A Secret History exhibited at FIGMENT in Oakland, a one…
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Lauren Donovan and the Creepy Guy [VIDEO]
Lauren Donovan, who kayaked the length of the Mississippi River…
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Sunset on the Sacramento Delta [VIDEO]
A relaxing evening at sunset from a recent trip on…
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Ken Lubinski on the Resilience of Nature [Video]
Ken Lubinski, river ecologist at the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental…
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Lauren Donovan on Nearly Drowning at Lock 11 [Video]
Lauren Donovan, who kayaked the length of the Mississippi River…
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Peter Rachleff on the Creativity of Poor People [Video]
Peter Rachleff, Professor of History, talks about how poor people…
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Shantyboat Runabout [video]
Today we powered up Mr. Johnson and motored about in…
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We Turn To The River – 2014 Trailer [VIDEO]
The Secret History lyrical trailer from the talented Lauren Kincaid-Filbey…
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