Rivers Archives - Listening To America

Reading America’s Rivers

Monday, June 16 2025 by Clay Jenkinson

Tracing America's great rivers this summer along the Lewis and Clark Trail, Clay rediscovers the power and beauty of William Least Heat-Moon's forgotten classic, River Horse: A Voyage Across America.

Published in Books

Tagged under: America at 250, Books, Lewis and Clark, Rivers

The confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers at Pittsburg, Penn.

Following the Ohio River on the Lewis and Clark Trail

Monday, June 02 2025 by Clay Jenkinson

One of America’s truly grand rivers, The Ohio ranks eighth in length in the United States but second in volume.

Published in Features

Tagged under: America at 250, Illinois, Lewis and Clark, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rivers

Labor Day on the Glorious Little Missouri River — Video Dispatch

Tuesday, September 05 2023 by Clay Jenkinson

I visited the Little Missouri River in the Badlands of North Dakota over the Labor Day weekend. Of all the rivers I know, the Little Missouri is the most sacred to me.

Published in Dispatches from the Road

Tagged under: National Parks, North Dakota, Rivers, Video