Jim Schebler remembers his neighbor lining his driveway with mussel shells instead of gravel. That childhood memory and stories from his mother sparked the Davenport man's interest in the pearl button ...

Master documentarist Patricio Guzman studies Chile's terrible history of genocide and political repression through its oceans and the voice of water By THR Staff It’s hard to follow up on such a ...

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MUSCATINE — Muscatine, a city of 23,888 on the banks of a mighty river in Eastern Iowa, has earned its nickname as the Pearl of the Mississippi. That's thanks to the hard work and entrepreneurship of ...

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, clammers would drag 12-foot crowfoot bars along the bottom of the St. Croix River. Mussels, sensitive to disturbance, would clamp tightly onto the hooks. Their ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. MUSCATINE, Iowa — The story of the pearl button industry in Muscatine is much like a button itself, its ...

Those who have lived in the Quad-City region likely know that the making of pearl buttons was a big industry here at the turn of the 19th century. They also may know that Muscatine was the “world ...

The button has long been a favoured, decorative feature in fashion for both men and women, with the pearl button adding exclusivity and desirability to garments for both. John F. Boepple originally ...

Guzmán (“The Battle of Chile,” “Nostalgia for the Light”), who also provides the film’s gentle, often poetic narration, stealthily wends his way from a meditation on the sea to the bigger subject at ...