Hints of the natural river

With the river level lowered 3 and a half feet to aid the 35W Bridge recovery efforts, National Park Service Historian and FMR Board member John Anfinson explored long-submerged realms of the river. What he found were hints of the once free-flowing and echos of the past.

Read his article in the Pioneer Press.

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