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River Love from Childhood & Changes in the River, by Erwin A. Thompson

Byriehlifegrace July 5, 2008

River Bluffs I have lived on the bluffs that overlook the Mississippi River for all but the first nine months of my life. The family owned a good pair of field glasses, and they were one of my great experiences, to look through them and watch things like the building of the rafts when they…

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