Posted on 08/20/2012 6:53:50 PM PDT by Kartographer
The “Far West” in that picture was a Missouri River boat. She had the duty of bringing Gen. Custer’s body back downriver from Little Big Horn.
Not this year!
It’s only a problem if you need to buy anything that gets shipped down the river like coal, steel, lumber, food, fuel, etc. 60 percent of US grain export is shipped on the river.
So, the depth isn’t mark twain these days.
Wow! You river rats sure have some peculiar ways of doing things!
A lot less this year with the drought.
The River has always been precarious for navigation, constantly changing. There never have been any guarantees of navigability.
Oh-Bah-Mah promised to make the waters recede, so at last, here’s a promise that he kept.
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