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Lights on the Mississippi
2008.05.12
The Button Factory Resturant was our choice for dinner.. (see the little buttons).
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The Button Factory Resturant was our choice for dinner.. (see the little buttons).
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The birds were in formation for the big night.
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The birds were in formation for the big night.
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The Norbert F Becky Bridge - waiting for the 8:30 PM light switch.
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The Norbert F Becky Bridge - waiting for the 8:30 PM light switch.
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The sun is setting - awaiting for night to fall.
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The sun is setting - awaiting for night to fall.
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The moon came out for a small peek.
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The moon came out for a small peek.
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At 9:10PM - The Norbect F Bridge was filled with LED lights- the only bridge on the Mississippi to have colored lights. There are over 15 million color combinationss.
There will be a light show 365 days from dusk to dawn.
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At 9:10PM - The Norbect F Bridge was filled with LED lights- the only bridge on the Mississippi to have colored lights. There are over 15 million color combinationss.
There will be a light show 365 days from dusk to dawn.
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Because Muscatine is situated on the Mississippi River, there was easy access to the mussel shells.
Apparently, because of a bend in the river here (for several miles the Mississippi River runs east and west) many clams accumulated in this area.
Bet you thought the Mississippi always ran north and south, like I did...well, not here. It does get confusing...to tell people I live north of the Mississippi River.
Because of this vast amount of available shells, a German immigrant by the name of John Boepple settled here hoping to continue his former occupation of making buttons.
While in Germany, he made buttons from animal horns, but also experimented using fresh-water mussel shells.
There were so many shells punched for pearl buttons that uses had to be found for these cut shells and often they were used for road fill in Muscatine.
~courtesy of Kari Pearl's
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Comments
Hey Mom these shots are great! That bridge looks amazing. I love #4
great shots and interesting story... as you know the Mississippi snakes through New Orleans as well..I think at one point the so-called west bank is actually east of the east bank.
