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  • October

    The Boatyard: History of the Fountain City Service Base

    For 100 years, the Fountain City, Wisconsin, Boatyard has played an essential role in supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to improve navigation on the Upper Mississippi River. These efforts have included the 4 ½-foot channel project (1878-1907), the 6-foot channel project (1907-1930) and the 9-foot channel project (1930-present).

  • Blackhawk Park site of battle

    A lone marker recognizing sacred ground stands at Blackhawk Park, located near DeSoto, Wis. Every year Native American groups visit the park and the surrounding area to pay respect and remember a past. The inscripted stone marks where one of the last Indian-American battles east of the Mississippi River occurred more than 180 years past.

  • Origin of the Navigation System

    Along with their best suits, the delegation packed the hopes and dreams of the entire Northwest – from the farmers in the hinterland to the captains of commerce in St. Paul, Minnesota, and from the merchants on Main Street to the pillars of industry in Minneapolis.
  • MINNEAPOLIS -- Col. Dan Koprowski, St. Paul District commander, speaks at the University of Minnesota’s Reserve Officer’s Training Corps, or ROTC, Leadership Lecture Series Oct. 14.

    Corps commander imparts knowledge to cadets, midshipmen

    Col. Dan Koprowski, St. Paul District commander, spoke to more than 150 U.S. Army cadets and U.S. Navy midshipmen at the University of Minnesota on Oct. 14.
  • Su-Chen Chen, Huntsville Center's Facilities Reduction Program, speaks with Victor Curry of Vision Centric Inc. during the break-out session of the 2015 Small Business Forum Oct. 15 at the Jackson Center in Cummings Research Park, Huntsville, Alabama. Vision Centric is a small-disadvantaged, service-disabled, and veteran-owned business with the goal of providing program management, technical support and acquisition management support services to both government and commercial clients.

    Industry representatives attend Small Business Forum 2015, gain insight

    More than 250 representatives from 150 small businesses across the nation attended Huntsville Center’s 16th Annual Small Business Forum Oct. 15 at the Jackson Center in Huntsville, Alabama.