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Article: 50 COMMUNITIES PLAN MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASH.(LIFESTYLE)(ROADS TRAVELED)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
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- October 25, 2003
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Byline: Mary Bergin
Thanks to Millard Fillmore, expect a huge surge of activity on the Mississippi River next summer.
One of the 13th president's biggest parties, with the Rock Island Railroad Co., occurred there almost 150 years ago.
Now more than 50 riverfront communities are preparing for a high-profile re-enactment. There will be hundreds of events to attract tourists who float or drive upward, from the Quad Cities of Iowa/Illinois to the Twin Cities of Minnesota, from June 25 to July 4.
I'm telling you about this now so you can set aside the dates and plan for it.
Grand Excursion 2004 -- called "a celebration so big, it ...