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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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Midwest Cultural Envy from a Californian

I arrive in the Quad Cities, towns with traces of…

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PA’s Diary #2, lovingly entitled A Leaf on the Wind

The Production Assistant's report, a lock and dam, a cute…

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