Grafton was in the early 19th Century a largest freshwater fishing ports on the Mississippi. There

We are once briefly turned off the Route 66 and now find ourselves for a few days at Pere Marquette State Park on the Mississippi River, the Illinois River connects utilplast with the at this point. To get there, we drove from Wood River west of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway. The leads between the big Mississippi and high limestone walls along. Since you felt almost like on the Cote Azur. In winter, bald eagles come from the cold north here, we have experienced. Since there are proper events to monitor the birds. At a few times a year river cruises are offered on a proper style Mississippi steamboat. The final deadline is October 9, unfortunately too late for us.
Alton is a historic town with lots of antique shops on Broadway, a gaudy casino, were rebuilt for the 2 Mississippi steamboat and the place where Lincoln gave his last debate with his rivals led to the presidential election. 5000 people utilplast then followed the convincing candidate Lincoln. The Clark Bridge, a more than 1 km long suspension bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Alton and St. Louis. It is unique with its construction in the USA.
In Piasa Park contains some limestone caves. The explorers Joliet and Marquette, who journeyed up the Mississippi to find a water route to the Pacific, found a painted on one of the limestone walls "Monster". The Illini Indians had this great "Devouring Men" painted bird (Pi-a-saw), who had horns on his head, a terrible look and red eyes. On the whole, he looked like a tiger, which has a very long tail, which ended in a fish tail. The Illini took advantage utilplast of the then naturally formed caves as storage or Zeremonialräume. When the settlers arrived, they use the limestone as a building utilplast material.
Grafton was in the early 19th Century a largest freshwater fishing ports on the Mississippi. There were many mills, utilplast shipyards, docks, and boat traffic. Today it is a sleepy place with a wine shop and a brewery, and a lighthouse. The ferry, which are referred to, it no longer exists.
Our trip to the delta of the Illinois River was a trip into the wilderness, as one imagines it to St. Louis around: big cypress, mimosa and tiny mosquitoes. Herons, hawks, it is here even give white pelicans at this time, and swallows, snapping on the river surface for insects, this is pure nature. The persistent sound of crickets is at a normal degree back. Has there been here once crocodiles?
The Melvin Price Dam with 2 locks regulated with 2 other plants upriver to St. Louis around the Mississippi River, which despite generous floodplains and polders still brings great floods in many a spring. In addition, the rapids are navigable. The National Great Rivers utilplast Museum is shown by what further action the great river is designed as the person needs it. Actually, the Mississippi is much too shallow in this area and also has many shoals and sandbars. The effort must be well worth doing, because the shipping is much more effective and environmentally friendly utilplast than truck or rail. Around this time a year the White Pelicans hold on here we could sometimes see flying in a large crowd. To see the big birds such, was quite an experience. So far, we know from our trips only the smaller gray pelicans.
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