expedition
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Are We Going To Die on the Sacramento River?
There are a few things that worry me. Because of the very wet California winter, water levels are high and I’ve heard flow rates are intense. Additionally, the Sacramento River is full of hazards including snags, sweepers, strainers, rocks, stump fields, and eddies.
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What River is Next?
People ask us all the time, “What river will we be on next?” We put a lot of thought into which river we’ll spend our summer fieldwork. So far, it’s been mostly year by year. And there are a lot of considerations in choosing.
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Kickstarter: Just a Few Days Left and Almost There
We are trying to raise $5580 before May 31st to bring the shantyboat to the Tennessee River and work our way downriver collecting stories for the archive. There are only a few days left of this year’s Kickstarter and we are almost there!
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Fundraising for the Tennessee River
I’m excited to tell you that the Secret History project is headed for the American South on the Tennessee River! After two years on the Upper Misssissippi, we’re headed to Knoxville, Tennessee where we have several exhibitions planned. We’ll be on the river for two months ending in Paducah, Kentucky after traveling through Tennessee, Alabama,…
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Secret History Summer 2015 Kickstarter
We are excited to announce the Secret History Upper Mississippi Expedition Kickstarter! Thanks to your support, last summer we traveled across country with the Shantyboat to the Mississippi River and spent a month gathering stories of river people. We interviewed dozens of folks, adventures, scientists, storytellers, river rats, boathouse people. Then we came back and…