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Colleen
Riley's - A River Between Us
Cass's Website |
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PsychicWorld
Cass would be listed in
PychicWorld since she can foresee the future. |
American Poultry
Since Cass raises Turkeys, she
would be a Poultry Assoc member. |
All Recipes
Cass is a very good cook and
could get and share many recipes. |
Assoc of the Deaf
Cass was born deaf and would
benefit from the National Association. |
Alarm Clock Shop
Cass is a very deep sleeper
and would need a good alarm clock. |
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The
journey begins in Southern Illinois and ends in New
Orleans. The red line represents their travels. |
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Fort
Defiance, Illinois
"They'd
pitched Camp Defiance out on the point where the Ohio
River runs into the muddy Mississippi. The great
earthworks that held back the rivers were the fortress
wall" |
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The Mighty
Mississippi River
"A
dangerous stretch of river ran between - our stretch of
the river."
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Grand
Tower, Illinois
"Even
though Tower Rock was over in Missouri, with the river
between us, it gave our town its name: Grand Tower.
Nobody wanted to live in a town named after the devil." |
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Life along
the Mississippi
"Most boys
hankered to go on the river."
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Tower
Rock, Missouri
"Across
the river on the Missouri side another stone outcropping
rose straight out of the water. This was Tower Rock, and
it gave it gave the town its name, Dad said." |
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Life along
the Mississippi
"A
Riverboat was a palace. The pair of flaring gold chimney
stacks belched flame colored smoke into the night."
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Devils
Backbone, Illinois
"Above the
town Dad pointed out a long, sharp-backed hill as the
Devil's Backbone."
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Steam
Locomotive
"The
Illinois Central locomotive made straight for us. At the
sight of that one-eyed iron thing, I 'd have run off
across plowed ground if I wasn't afraid it would follow
me." |
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