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July 27, 1896
The Hawaiian Star
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii
What is this article about?
A westerner recounts the Missouri River's restless nature, changing course and eroding farmland, citing Yankton's shifting position and a friend's farm that moved from the west bank to an island and then the east side over 10 years.
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The Missouri's Channel.
The Missouri river is a restless stream, said a westerner. "I can remember Yankton as on the river, and I can also remember it when it was two or three miles away. The Missouri, when it takes a notion to appropriate a few farms, cuts them down like a steam plow would. You will see it start on a considerable strip of the rich black loam and cut it down for miles. I have a friend whose farm was on the west bank of the river when he bought it 10 years ago. Two years later he lived on an island in the middle of the stream, and today he is on the east side. It is even more restless than the Mississippi, while there are not the same levees and other safeguards placed about it to prevent its encroaching upon the valuable farming lands along its banks."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Missouri river is a restless stream, said a westerner. "I can remember Yankton as on the river, and I can also remember it when it was two or three miles away. The Missouri, when it takes a notion to appropriate a few farms, cuts them down like a steam plow would. You will see it start on a considerable strip of the rich black loam and cut it down for miles. I have a friend whose farm was on the west bank of the river when he bought it 10 years ago. Two years later he lived on an island in the middle of the stream, and today he is on the east side. It is even more restless than the Mississippi, while there are not the same levees and other safeguards placed about it to prevent its encroaching upon the valuable farming lands along its banks."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Missouri River
Channel Change
River Erosion
Farmland Loss
Yankton
Where did it happen?
Missouri River, Yankton
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Location
Missouri River, Yankton
Story Details
A westerner describes the Missouri River's frequent channel shifts, eroding farms like a steam plow, with Yankton moving miles away and a friend's farm relocating from west bank to island to east side over 10 years, more restless than the Mississippi without levees.