Colleen Riley's - A River Between Us

Cass's Website

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.

The journey begins in Southern Illinois and ends in New Orleans. The red line represents their travels.

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"

     

The Mighty Mississippi River

"A dangerous stretch of river ran between - our stretch of the river."


 

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."

     

Life along the Mississippi

"Most boys hankered to go on the river."


 

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."

     

Life along the Mississippi

"A Riverboat was a palace. The pair of flaring gold chimney stacks belched flame colored smoke into the night."
 

Devils Backbone, Illinois

"Above the town Dad pointed out a long, sharp-backed hill as the Devil's Backbone."

 

     

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."