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Remembering the Father of Earth Day

By – Monday, Apr. 22, 2013
Riverway staff and Charlie Clark visit Gaylord Nelson's gravesite.

A visit to Senator Gaylord Nelson’s Wisconsin grave provides an occasion to remember his legacy of the Wild & Scenic St. Croix.

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Pen used to designate the St. Croix a Wild & Scenic River donated to Park Service

By – Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012
The pen used by President Lyndon Johnson

President Lyndon Johnson used the pen to sign the 1968 legislation designating the St. Croix as one of eight inaugural rivers.

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Wolf Creek settlement was once crucial to St. Croix River transportation

By – Monday, Jul. 23, 2012
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The little village was once important for moving supplies past the rapids above St. Croix Falls, WI.

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Big game hunting on the St. Croix River

By – Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012
St. Croix River northern pike, 1958

In 1958, Dick Ugland began exploring the back channels on the St. Croix River upstream of Stillwater, searching for big northern pike.

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Heritage Initiative workshops finished, effort begins to identify important stories

By – Tuesday, May. 29, 2012
Washington County Heritage Discovery Workshop - Stillwater

The final Heritage Discovery Workshops were held this month, and the Heritage Initiative will now take the information collected and start planning Heritage Summits for this fall.

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Share your memories of the river near Rush City

By – Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2011
Zahonyi cabin

Learn about the history of the St. Croix near Chisago and Pine counties, and share your family’s own stories, at an event on Sunday, August 14.

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