Sharehe Potosi Independent-Journal has reported that the Doe Run Company met all the air quality standards at their Herculaneum smelter for the first 6 months of 2010.

ShareTraveler readers have always known the benefits of being outside. Apparently some microbiologists think they have evidence that it can make you smarter as well. Why not try it and see? We’d love to hear your results. – Jo.
Can Playing in the Dirt Make You Smarter?
Linda Buzzell
If you need yet another good reason to convince [...]

ShareThe clear sparkling water in hotel pitchers on the Army Corps of Engineers panel table and the visitor’s refreshment sidebar was Missouri River water, very different from the flooding, muddy reality just a few miles to the west.
Approximately 70 people attended the St. Louis Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study (MRAPS) public meeting in Maryland [...]

ShareEveryone has to be from somewhere, and Jo has spent the great majority of her life somewhere in the Meramec River Valley. Seven years ago she wrote a short piece (reproduced here) about the origin of the word “Meramec”. Enjoy!
So: just what is a “Meramec” anyway?
The earliest in-print reference to the Miaramigoua River seems [...]

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Summer officially arrived this morning at 6:28 CDT, but it seems like it’s been here at least for three weeks. Unseasonably hot temperatures nearing 100 degrees F. makes one yearn for, yes, winter!
To satisfy that yearning (while waiting for brewed tea to chill to drinkable temperature (about the same as melting ice cubes) Traveler gathered [...]

Share There has to be a good use for all that free summer heat and sunlight.
The 2010 American Solar Challenge Race, which begins in Tulsa, will visit Neosho (June 20), Jefferson City (Capitol south lawn June 22 1-6 p.m.), and Rolla (June 23). Missouri S&T’s entry, Solar Miner VII, will be trying to win back [...]

Share As promised, here is the list of our NEW Traveler news stand locations. If none of these are near you, you may still visit
http://www.riverhillstraveler.com/newsstands.php for  other places you can pick up a single copy of Traveler.
If you would like a downloadable copy of this list in pdf format for your car, please go [...]

ShareCombine spring cleaning and a practical April Earth Day celebration. Join the 2010 Trash Bash. Co-sponsored by Missouri Departments of Transportation and Conservation, this grassroots effort enlists volunteer citizens to clean up Missouri, roads, rivers, fields and just about anywhere trash is found.
Picking up litter is a little thing with a big return. More [...]

Shareongratulations to Jeremy Miller, winner of the “Where’s Trav?” contest for March 2010. Jeremy is from Rayville, Mo.
You can win a camo hat with the Traveler logo. Subscribe or visit one of our news stand locations, purchase a copy of Traveler, and look for Trav in the classifieds.
Our next issue will be delivered or [...]

ShareWe know Traveler has friends all over. Sometimes you’re far away. Even though we love to meet readers, friends and fans in person, (like I will be this coming Saturday) sometimes that’s not possible.
So, from now until March 20 (our print issue deadline) we’d like to make a special outreach to our online and [...]