Mississippi River

What St. Louis Taught Me

This is my last day as music editor of the Riverfront Times. It's been 21 months and two weeks since I moved to St. Louis from Denver, and there has not been a more dynamic stretch in my life. My predecessor, Annie Zaleski, offered me some tips when I started, just as her predecessor had. Daniel Hi ... More >>

[PHOTOS] Awesome St. Louis Riverfront Photos From the Insane Kayaker Paddling from Minnesota to Florida

Daniel Alvarez is doing a super crazy thing. Back in June he dumped a big yellow sea kayak into Lake Superior near the northern most tip of Minnesota and started paddling southward for Key West. As in Florida. He is out of his mind. He is also having the time of his life. We talked to Alvarez las ... More >>

The Secret History of the St. Louis Post Office and Its Amazing Pneumatic Tube

One hundred years ago, subterranean St. Louis was a fascinating place. There was, of course, the web of caves that stretched from Benton Park north to downtown and east to the Mississippi River with detours into neighborhood basements. Before the Civil War, the cave network may have been one of the ... More >>

The Grafton Zipline As Seen by Headcam

After Daily RFT received a head cam in the mail last week, your reporter graciously agreed to test it out last Thursday at the Grafton Zipline.

Andy Gammon's Body Found: Bridge Worker Fell Wednesday

​The body of carpenter Andy Gammon, 35, was found in the Mississippi River late yesterday by a diver. Gammon was still tethered to the aerial man lift that he was working on at the time of his fall. The St. Clair County Coroner's office will perform an autopsy.Gammon is the first fatality associat ... More >>

Mississippi River Second-Most Polluted In Nation According to Environmental Study

​Environment America yesterday released Wasting Our Waterways, its comprehensive report on the health of the nation's waterways, and there's good news and bad news for Missouri.The good news is that Missouri ranked 28th on its overall toxic discharges in rivers and streams. There's definitely room ... More >>

200 Years Ago Friday the Mississippi River Ran Backwards

A drawing shows a keel boat tossed by waves from the tremor. Despite the magnitude of the earthquakes, few people died because the population in the area was so sparse at the time. ​Seismologists don't know for sure the magnitude of the earthquake that rocked Missouri at around 2:15 a.m. December ... More >>

Frisco Express

Insult to Injury? Missouri Offers Flood Victims Free Campsites

Meet your new neighbor!​Are you one of the unlucky souls who lost their home in the recent flooding? The State of Missouri is really sorry about that. In fact, they'd like to do something for you. They'd like to give you a temporary new home! A place that real-estate agents might generously descri ... More >>

St. Louis Gets $550,000 in Aid for Bike and Pedestrian Trails

​Governor Jay Nixon was in St. Louis yesterday to announce that the region would soon receive more than $550,000 in federal grants to build and improve its trail system for bicyclists and pedestrians. The money comes via the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, which applied for, and was awar ... More >>

Population Center of United States Moves Southwest Through Missouri

A hundred years ago Bloomington, Indiana, had its time in the spotlight.​The 2010 U.S. Census is expected to show the mean center of the U.S. population continuing its southwestern slide across Missouri. One hundred years ago, the nation's population center was in Bloomington, Indiana, as evident ... More >>

These Birds Rock!

Oh deer: Readers sound off about hunting, illegal immigrants and drugged-up grinches

St. Louis: Ten Worst Crimes of 2010 Inside "America's Most Dangerous City"

St. Louis once again topped the list as the nation's "Most Dangerous Cities" in 2010. Here, then, is a look at ten of the most-heinous crimes (ranked from bad to worse) occurring in and near the city within the past 12 months. John Thornton​10. The Murder of a MayorJohn Thornton was on his way hom ... More >>

Life of a River

A documentary sheds new light on brain-raid masters Skarekrauradio

Tonight in Awesome Art: Like a Beer in Deadlights at Concrete Ocean Gallery

That's local artists Justin Tolentino and Jason Spencer (aka Killer Napkins) painting on the flood wall along the Mississippi River south of downtown earlier this summer. The pair call themselves Like A Beer in Deadlights and their stag-themed gallery exhibition opens tonight at Concrete Ocean.

President Casino Craps Out; Brown Water to Blame

Image Via​The first gambling boat to open its doors in Missouri back in 1994 is officially closed -- a week before its owner was to shutdown the casino anyway. The flooded Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis forced the President Casino to halt business a week ago. Yesterday the casino announce ... More >>

Local Protesters of Big Oil to Put Hands Across the Sand, Er, Mud and Silt

Hands Across the Sand​On Saturday, dozens of St. Louisans will gather on the riverfront beneath the Arch to hold hands in a silent protest against offshore oil drilling. Local event organizer Stacey Critzer anticipates 50, maybe even 100 participants. It's not exactly Hands Across America, but the ... More >>

Ten Amazing Pieces of Street Art in St. Louis

via FlickrPeat Wollaeger's "Blaster Head" is a mind blower.​Once upon a time, the River City had a reputation as something of a street art and graffiti mecca. That was way back in 2000 when Paint Louis was happening and some of the coolest cats to ever shake a can of spray paint made pilgrimages t ... More >>

A Video Tour of Kinloch, The Saddest City In St. Louis County

If you missed our post earlier this morning detailing the troubles of Kinloch Fire Protection District and their beef with St. Louis County and the developers at NorthPark, click here to check it out. The story touches on the astonishing level of urban decay Kinloch, the poorest of the 91 municipali ... More >>

Son Volt

8 p.m. Friday, November 6. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Man Saves Man's Best Friend from River; Wet Sandwich Restores Bond

Lassie would be so proud.​This just in from the St. Louis County Police: On Sunday, November 1, 2009, at 6:30 p.m., St. Louis County Police Officers Kevin Martin, Jared Ruhland and Sergeant Daniel O'Neil, South County Precinct, found and rescued a canine from the Mississippi River. The dog was tra ... More >>

That Smell in North City? Just Poisonous Methane Gas. Now Go About Your Day.

http://www.flickoff.org/system/files/u8/methane.jpg​St. Louis has a meth problem. Methane, that is.The highly flammable greenhouse gas, most famous in the form of cow flatulence (hence the lovely picture above), is causing a scare for a handful of North St. Louis residents. The St. Louis Demolitio ... More >>

Nevermind the Paddlefish, Who Are the Hillbillies Taking All Our Turtles?

www.qufriary.orgSeriously, would you eat this?The RFT aquatic-life team has donned its waders today and is ready to kick some ass. As reported this morning, Missouri conservationist can't get over this year's bumper paddlefish crop. Meanwhile, the news ain't nearly as good when it comes to Missouri ... More >>

The Tale of a One-Armed Machinist, the KKK and a St. Louis River House

I met a guy the other day who lives in a home on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in south St. Louis. The house has a rather interesting history that merits a retelling. Here it is -- as best as I can recall. The home was built in the 1950s by a one-armed man who owned a machine shop in north cit ... More >>

Farmer Wants a Wife Matt Neustadt Interview

Happy Birthday to Tru!

Good Reads

Alton Brown on books on food

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

Gay Guns

Despite feeling snubbed by Kerouac, Unreal's wide awake, hammered, packing pink heat and looking for a sign from God.

Who you calling "racist"?

Joe doesn't take too kindly to a reader's taunts.

Fleeing St. Louis

Joe weighs in on MySpace and body fat

Week of July 26, 2006

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

Week of January 26, 2006

The Whole She-bang

Venus Envy: a grassroots success story

Best Fried Chicken

Romine's

Monk Business

Creating beauty, raising consciousness

Rock the Boat

Yackey's on the River brings hope and hush puppies to the banks of the Mississippi

If You Could Have a Building or Public Structure Named After You, What Would It Be?

Week of May 21, 2003

Muddy Memories

The touristy Mesquite Charlie's will nonetheless satisfy those with a fondness for Old Man River

Best Bridge

Lewis and Clark Bridge

Best Motorcycle Ride

Great River Road

Best Cemetery

Confederate Prisoner Cemetery

Best Riverfront Attraction

Two Pecan Tree Pond

Best Scuba Diving

Bonne Terre Mines

Back to the Top

A return visit to Top of the Riverfront

Modern History

The new Emerson Electric Center addition to the Missouri History Museum makes its debut

HEAD EAST

EAST Art 99 beckons art-lovers to the Illinois side of the Mississippi

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