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 The Great River Road was established in 1938 as the national parkway of the Mississippi River. Follow the green Pilot's Wheel road signs that mark its route nearly 3,000 miles through 10 states. |
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| The charming town of Hannibal, Missouri, is home to author Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) and the "unsinkable" Molly Brown. Clemens' boyhood home is now a museum open to the public. |
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| We traveled in southern Iowa and into Illinois along the river in February and saw more eagles in that short stretch than we've seen in our lifetime. They were sitting in trees, on logs in the river, on the ice - anywhere they could find a spot to land. It was incredible. |
| Don F. - Rochester, MN |
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| Katy Trail State Park is a 225-mile hiking and biking trail that spans the state of Missouri along the Missouri River, towering sandstone bluffs, and through open prairie land. |
| Deb L. - Jefferson City, MO |
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