Tag: rivers
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River History in the 1930s
Readers of my book, Shantyboats and Roustabouts: The River Poor of St. Louis, 1875-1930 (LSU, 2023) sometimes ask what happened to river people in the 1930s. Below is a link to a recent article by Scot McFarlane that sheds light on the question. His article, “A New Deal for River People,” looks at the displacement…
Lost River Stories 