James Travis SpartzDeep Time in the Upper Mississippi River Valley: Little BluffA thousand years ago, around the year 1050, a group of Mississippian people from Cahokia, near present-day St. Louis, paddled 500 miles…3 min read·Mar 29, 2024----
James Travis SpartzPlace Writing in the Root River ValleyText originally published in Middle West Review, 10(1), Fall 2023.21 min read·Dec 14, 2023----
James Travis Spartz“Black Hawk” Place NamesModified from notes in the Virgil J. Vogel archives (1941–1993).2 min read·Dec 11, 2023----
James Travis SpartzUpper Mississippi River Valley Place Names: Rattlesnake Hills, Mountain Island RiverSettler renaming of an Indigenous landscape.3 min read·Sep 15, 2023----
James Travis SpartzReading “Driftless” Everywhere…Books, magazines, outdoor adventure, gear, music, food… the Driftless moniker has embedded itself into the genus loci of the Upper Midwest.4 min read·Jan 21, 2022----
James Travis SpartzI Am The Great River— Write to the River: “Then & Now” —4 min read·Jan 25, 2021----