Low-water rivers offer up glimpse of history

 
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press | Published: December 23, 2012   

ST. LOUIS — From sunken steamboats to a millennium-old map engraved in rock, the drought-drained rivers of the nation's midsection are offering a rare and fleeting glimpse into years gone by.

photo - This Nov. 28 photo provided by The United States Coast Guard shows a World War II minesweeper on the Mississippi River near St. Louis. The lack of rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades, offering a glimpse at things not normally seen. The minesweeper, once moored along the Mississippi River as a museum at St. Louis before it was torn away by floodwaters two decades ago, has become visible, rusted but intact. <strong>Colby Buchanan - AP photo</strong>
This Nov. 28 photo provided by The United States Coast Guard shows a World War II minesweeper on the Mississippi River near St. Louis. The lack of rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades, offering a glimpse at things not normally seen. The minesweeper, once moored along the Mississippi River as a museum at St. Louis before it was torn away by floodwaters two decades ago, has become visible, rusted but intact. Colby Buchanan - AP photo

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Lack of rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades, creating problems for river commerce and recreation and raising concerns about water supplies and hydropower if the drought...
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