Today, we explore a region shrouded in mystery …  

An isolated land of rugged hills, carved river valleys, and secluded relics of ages past. 

The American Midwest.

Specifically, a region untouched by the many terraforming glaciers that flattened much of what we now refer to as the Upper Midwest. 

What we find might surprise you... 

Recording Locations: 

Maquoketa Caves State Park

https://www.iowadnr.gov/places-go/state-parks/all-parks/maquoketa-caves-state-park

Potosi, Wisconsin 

https://www.potosibrewery.com/

Governor Dodge State Park

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/govdodge

Mines of Spain -  Dubuque, Iowa

https://www.minesofspain.org/

Highway 20, East of Dubuque

Works Cited: 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/30068294?searchText=glacial%20movement&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dglacial%2Bmovement%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A7adbd841d5b02ad978f1d3558444b56b

https://www.jstor.org/stable/30054867?searchText=the+driftless+region&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dthe%2Bdriftless%2Bregion%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ada2488f7a1a6ca5cd9e7a59f1218795c&seq=1

https://data.wgnhs.wisc.edu/pubshare/ES057.pdf

https://eaglebluffmn.org/driftless/

https://www.iowadnr.gov/places-go/state-parks/all-parks/maquoketa-caves-state-park

https://scholarworks.uni.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1430&context=jias

https://www.wisconservation.org/the-driftless-region/

https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/ice-ages-what-are-they-and-what-causes-them/

https://www.agatemag.com/2021/02/the-driftless-the-land-and-humans/

https://www.rafamedina.com/research/bryda/

Noah and Noodles here!

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