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Wait - You're Saying the Jackalope is a Myth?
By Dennis McCann - Tuesday, Sep 4 2007, 08:07 AM
The September-October issue of Midwest Living magazine focuses, as you might expect, on autumn - autumn drives, autumn foods, autumn colors, etc. For drives the number one recommendation - and one I would not argue with - is along the Mississippi River, taking in such scenic treasures as Dubuque and Pikes Peak State Park near McGregor, Iowa; Red Wing and Wabasha in Minnesota; and Pepin, Alma, Trempealeau, LaCrosse, Prairie du Chien in Wisconsin. There's much more south of there, if you want to keep going. On the river it's hard to go wrong.
The magazine also looks at Midwest Myths, like the Bigfoot some believe can be found (or at least hunted, if not found) in Ohio's "Sasquatch Triangle," the famed Jackalope of the South Dakota Badlands; the "Kokomo Hum" in Indiana; and the "Spook Light" of Joplin, Mo.
Happily, Wisconsin lands two myths on the list - Rhinelander's still ubiquitous Hodag, the creation of the oh-so-inventive Eugene Shepard, and the legend of John Dillinger's money, the $200,000 in ill-gotten gains supposedly hidden near Little Bohemia resort in northern Wisconsin, left behind when Dillinger and his gang left lickety-split during a hail of FBI gunfire in 1934. It's never been found, the magazine says, though many have looked. If you don't know the whole story, read here.
And if you should find it, you know where to reach me.
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By Dennis McCann - Tuesday, Sep 4 2007, 08:07 AM
The September-October issue of Midwest Living magazine focuses, as you might expect, on autumn - autumn drives, autumn foods, autumn colors, etc. For drives the number one recommendation - and one I would not argue with - is along the Mississippi River, taking in such scenic treasures as Dubuque and Pikes Peak State Park near McGregor, Iowa; Red Wing and Wabasha in Minnesota; and Pepin, Alma, Trempealeau, LaCrosse, Prairie du Chien in Wisconsin. There's much more south of there, if you want to keep going. On the river it's hard to go wrong.
The magazine also looks at Midwest Myths, like the Bigfoot some believe can be found (or at least hunted, if not found) in Ohio's "Sasquatch Triangle," the famed Jackalope of the South Dakota Badlands; the "Kokomo Hum" in Indiana; and the "Spook Light" of Joplin, Mo.
Happily, Wisconsin lands two myths on the list - Rhinelander's still ubiquitous Hodag, the creation of the oh-so-inventive Eugene Shepard, and the legend of John Dillinger's money, the $200,000 in ill-gotten gains supposedly hidden near Little Bohemia resort in northern Wisconsin, left behind when Dillinger and his gang left lickety-split during a hail of FBI gunfire in 1934. It's never been found, the magazine says, though many have looked. If you don't know the whole story, read here.
And if you should find it, you know where to reach me.
