Jolliet Marquette Reenactment Reaches Arkansas
An eight person paddling expedition reenacting Louis Jol liet and Jacques Marquette 1673 Mississippi voyage arrived in Arkansas over the weekend. They began in St Ignace Michigan on May 17 and landed at West Memphis then Helena, tracing the route of the first white explorers down the Mississippi River.
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Mississippi River
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West Memphis
Helena
St. Ignance
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Voyage reenactment by birchbark canoes travels Mississippi
Dave Lane escorts eight men reenacting a 300 year old expedition along the Mississippi River. They paddle in birchbark canoes, face water and current challenges, and perform a 30 minute program in towns along the river while sleeping and eating with local communities.
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Lane
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Reid Lewis
Chicago
Jolliet
Charles McEnery
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Arkansas River
South Texas Weather Warnings Spread Across Regions
Skies were fair nationwide but thunderstorms moved from South Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley. Flash flood warnings were issued for areas west of Austin and west and north of San Antonio due to heavy rainfall. Other storms lingered along Virginia and Carolina coasts and in the southern Rockies while fog spread along the Pacific and into the mid Atlantic.
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On the Road in Arkansas July events and fairs
A compiled list of Arkansas events from July across cities including Helena Newport Hot Springs Parkin Mt Nebo Dar danelle Bentonville El Dorado Camden Mt View Paragould Forrest City and Harrisburg. Highlights: horse shows skeet shoot fishing derby rodeos fairs and beauty pageants with dates scattered and no single overarching story.
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Newport
Hot Springs
Gun & Country Club
Ark
North East Central Association
Parkin
Mt. Nebo
Mt. Nebo State Park
Dardanelle
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el Dorado Quachita Valley
Camden
Berryville
Prescott
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Viet Cong release Canadians after 17 days in captivity
Capt. Ian Patten of Toronto and Capt. Fletcher Thomson of Ottawa said they were marched through jungle bound hand and neck and interrogated without sleep at times to force a confession of spying. They reported humane treatment overall but noted uncomfortable moments during captivity near Xuan Loc, 45 miles east of Saigon, after being captured June 28 while with the International Commission of Control and Supervision in Vietnam.
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International Commission of Control and Supervision
Xuan Loc
Patten
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