by Larry Campbell | Nov 2, 2021 | Rollin' On The River 2016, Uncategorized |
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THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME
Seven weeks (by car) following the Missouri River from the source in Three Forks, MT to the Mississippi River near St. Louis – over 2300 miles
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by Larry Campbell | May 5, 2019 | AME News, Rollin' On The River 2016, Spitballs From The Back Row - 2018 |
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Rollin’ Down the River: Chronicles my 2016 7-week exploration of the Missouri River (by car) from its source (in Three Falls, MT) over its 2300 mile journey to empty into the Mississippi just above St. Louis. Contains over 200 pictures, along with 4 sections, dealing with the itinerary, the beauty, the history (including Lewis and Clark) and the wonderful people!
Spitballs From the Back Row: A collection of previous columns from the Springfield News-Leader. Sample sections: What is Education, Anyway?, Lessons Along the Way, Perspective: Use it or Lose it, The Magic (and Magicians) of the Classroom, and much more. (Lest ye fear: Only one of the ten sections deals with math. 🙂 ).
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by Larry Campbell | Oct 22, 2018 | Rollin' On The River 2016 |
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by Larry Campbell | Aug 2, 2018 | Rollin' On The River 2016 |
by Larry Campbell | Jul 7, 2018 | Rollin' On The River 2016 |
Luckily, the calendar intervened, or I’d have never met Jim Peterson!
Spirit Mound, SD, (north of Vermillion, Jim’s home) is one of the few places where it is known with certainty that ‘Lewis and Clark stood here’. It is also right on the way from Yankton, SD (where I had given a Rotary talk) to Sioux City, IA, my next stop, so I had to stop, of course. Turns out, it’s about a ¾ mile hike to the top of the Mound, and I was still in ‘presentation’ clothes. Then, when I read the interpretive signs, I discovered that our famous explorers had been there on Aug 25, 1804. In 3 days, that would be exactly 212 years later. Noting that date still coincided with my stay in Sioux City, I determined to come back on the anniversary!!
Later, when Bev Hinds (see page 120) discovered this, she arranged a visit with Jim, who lives in Vermillion. So, it was that I was sitting at the base of Spirit Mound, three days later, visiting with Jim Peterson.
Jim loves the Missouri River. (He is also involved in Lewis and Clark history, which is how he knows Bev.) At one time or another, mostly in three long stints, he has boated the entire River from Three Forks, MT to St. Louis, MO!! He’s also boated the Jefferson River, above the Missouri. He’s extremely knowledgeable about the river, and Bev says he knows every snag. When told this, Jim replies, “Yep – I’ve hit all of them!” He also says he has slides of every foot of the river.
Jim was raised in Ponca, NE (near Sioux City) on the Missouri River. His dad and granddad were both ‘river rats’, so he comes by his love for the river naturally. When he returned from the service in ’46, the University of Nebraska refused to honor the scholarship he had earned in ’43 (though they told him it would be there), so he enrolled in University of South Dakota here in Vermillion, and has been there ever since. He has a law degree, but worked for an insurance claim firm and “never had to sit behind a desk”. He retired in ’90, but continued nurturing his love for the river!
Since his wife died, he now lives in town, but he has kept their place on the River, which we went to visit! I got to see all 3 of his boats, including the one he used for his ‘source to mouth’ adventures.
Jim loves this place and would prefer to always be here near the river. He’s attracted to the peace and quiet, both on and off the River, and he loves boating in general, especially on the river (not lakes). He calls this stretch of the river between Yankton and Ponca the most natural and undisturbed on the River.
Jim is still President of the Missouri River Bank Stabilization Assn, and been for 20-30 years. He’s had some run-ins with the Corps of Engineers in the past, and claims the Corps could address the concerns of landowners better while still doing the things they need to do for the River. He’s quite opposed to the ‘channeling’ efforts of the Corps, which are so evident further downriver.
As I leave that morning, Jim chooses to stay for awhile near his beloved river (we came in separate cars). Jim is 90 years old, only takes one prescription, and is boating on the river every chance he gets. Perhaps we should all move to the river!
by Larry Campbell | Jul 7, 2018 | Rollin' On The River 2016 |
James Morton “Jim” Peterson, 92, died Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at his home in Vermillion, SD.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 2 at Salem Lutheran Church in Ponca, NE. Burial will be in the Ponca Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 1 at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Mohr Funeral Home in Ponca.
Jim was born Nov. 21, 1925 in Sioux City, IA, to Oscar and Helen (Welsh) Peterson. He grew up in Ponca, NE, where he attended Ponca Public Schools, graduating from high school in 1943. Upon graduation he was awarded a Regent’s Scholarship to the University of Nebraska. He also received the Danforth Award for scholarship.
Jim volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps on June 28, 1943. He served on the flight line in a B-17 bombardment squadron and later in a B-29 bombardment squadron. He was honorably discharged on Feb. 23, 1946. He joined the U.S. Army Air Force Reserve in 1946 and served until 1952.
Jim attended the University of South Dakota following his discharge from the U.S. Army Air Force in 1946 and graduated from the USD School of Law in 1951. He worked for the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company until 1959 when he joined the faculty of the USD School of Business. As professor of business law, he taught at USD from 1959 to 1991, teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
As a member of the USD School of Business staff, he served on a variety of school and university committees and was four times elected chairman of the University Senate. He served as chairman of the School of Business Tenure and Promotion Committee, as chairman of the University Committee on Honorary Degrees and as chairman of the university “Core Curriculum” (General Education Requirements) Committee. He was selected as “Teacher of the Year” by the USD Student Body Association in 1977.
On June 27, 1952, he married Jeanne E. Wallace in Sioux City, IA. Two children were born to this union, Kim Elizabeth and James Scott. Kim died Oct. 5, 1958. Jim’s wife, Jeanne, died Dec. 28, 1990.
Jim had a life-long interest in the Missouri River. With his family, he navigated the Missouri from the headwaters at Three Forks, MT, to the river’s mouth near St. Louis, MO. He authored numerous articles about boating on the Mighty Mo, which were published in a variety of national magazines. He was also the subject of and was often sought out as a source for many newspaper and magazine stories about the river.
He was long the holder of a U.S. Coast Guard Motorboat Operator’s license. He was a past president of the Missouri River Bank Stabilization Association, a member of the Missouri National Recreational River Advisory Board, past president of the Board of Directors of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Missouri River Society and the Spirit Mound Trust.
He was also a member of Salem Lutheran Church, Ponca, NE, Omadi Lodge #5 A.F. & A.M., the Nebraska Bar Association, the State Bar of South Dakota, and the Clay County Park Board.
In 1996, Jim was instrumental in helping Ken Burns shoot scenes along the 59-mile stretch of the Missouri River from Ponca to Gavins Point Dam for the director’s documentary on Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery. His association with Burns on the PBS documentary got him an invitation to the White House where he met then president Bill Clinton. Jim presented programs about the river and Lewis and Clark to innumerable groups and organizations and countless individuals have memories of the boat trips they took with Jim at the helm, as the self-proclaimed “river rat” navigated the swirls, riffles and boils of the Mighty Mo. Throughout the years Jim took thousands of photographs of the ever-changing river and spent many hours at his beloved Black Acre property on the river west of Vermillion.
Jim was preceded in death by his mother and father; step-father Roy Bivens; daughter and wife; brother, John; and sisters Joan, Barb and Elizabeth.
He is survived by his son, James “Pete” Peterson and his wife, Jill of Yankton; many, many relatives both near and far; and special friends from every walk of life.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation or the Ponca Community Educational Foundation.
Jim at his beloved “River Place”
