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Presentation Tags: Mooring Rock

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August 14, 2013

The Rock That Gave Birth to Kansas City

Original Presentation by Richard J. Gentile, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Missouri- Kansas City Click here to view a video recording of this presentation A ledge of rock along the south bank of the Missouri River at Kansas City served as an all weather landing (or wharf) for thousands of paddle-wheeled steamboats […]

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The Big Muddy Speaker Series is a free monthly series of presentations on Missouri River ecology, history, biology and more by experts in their field. There are now three separate series, in Kansas City, Rocheport and St. Charles.

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