--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:30:52 -0700 From: Ben Harding <[log in to unmask]> Subject: US coast to coast by water Sender: Ben Harding <[log in to unmask]> Some time ago there was an inquiry about the possibility of traversing the U.S. by water. I posted that inquiry to [log in to unmask], a list supporting discussion of river issues. Among the spirited discussion was the following message from Brad Dimock with some information that might be interesting to Maps-L people. Ben Harding ========================== See The Doing of the Thing, by Conley, Welch and myself. One chapter gives an account of a coast to coast via the Columbia, Snake, Yellowstone, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Allegheny, Niagara, Erie Canal, Mohawk and Hudson. Lewis Freeman did a similar trip in the 20s or 30s, and William Least Heat Moon did one recently memorialized in his book Riverhorse. On each of these there are many reservoir crossings and a few substantial portages. -- Brad Dimock Fretwater Press 1000 Grand Canyon Avenue Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 928 774 8853 fax 928 779 9552 cell 928 853 2007 -- -------------------------------------------------- -- Ben Harding [log in to unmask] -- -- Hydrosphere Resource Consultants -- -- Hydrosphere Data Products -- -- 1002 Walnut, Suite 200 -- -- Boulder CO 80302 -- -- http://hydrosphere.com/ -- -- 303-443-7839 voice 303-442-0616 fax -- -- -- -- Publishing Natural Resources Data on CD ROM -- -- Consultants in Natural Resources Planning -- -------------------------------------------------- --- End Forwarded Message ---