The Mississippi River runs 1,826 miles between the Ford Dam in the Twin Cities and New Orleans. In 1930, Fred Newton swam every single one of them. A 27-year-old sign painter from Clinton, Okla., ...
Oklahoman Fred Newton swims down the Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights on his way to New Orleans from the Ford Dam in this July 1930 clipping from the St. Paul Dispatch. (Pioneer Press files) ...
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