Upper Missouri River

Famous quotes containing the words missouri river, upper, missouri and/or river:

    “Then they seen it, the old Missouri River shinin’ in the moon and across it the lights of St. Louis.”
    —Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)

    “Give me the islands of the upper air,
    all mountains
    and the towering mountain trees.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “but we wish the river had another shore,
    some further range of delectable mountains,”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)