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mile-long valley redolent of elk, the great 

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The nearby Spring Creek Resort, with its 

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Healing mineral baths aren't found only in 

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when Mark Twain wrote Life on the Mississippi, 

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Cruises may also traverse the wilderness re- 

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The upper Mississippi encompasses the 

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Oldtime river gamblers might envy such 

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On board, "riverlorians" lecture on every 

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