The Daily Rundown
Friday, September 18Friday morning, here's what's worth knowing around Rocheport, New Franklin, and the counties. Around the Counties A rural bookmobile keeps rolling into fall. Boonslick Regional Library's BRLMobile2GO program has released its fall outreach schedule, bringing free Wi-Fi, books, and library access to senior centers, schools, and community centers across Pettis, Benton, and Cooper counties for residents who can't easily get to a branch.
The Crossing
Games desk →Local News
All news →Guides to Rocheport
All guides →-
The River Tribe: Why Hundreds Take On 340 Miles of the Missouri Every Summer
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Mile by Mile on the Missouri: Rocheport
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Fall Shorebirds Are Moving Through Diana Bend Right Now
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In a Boone County Forest, Scientists Are Retracing What Lewis and Clark Saw
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Wendy Noren: Boone County’s Election Guardian, and a National Model
Explore the Katy Trail
Map →The Katy runs right through town — the trailhead at the end of Central Street, the tunnel cut through the bluff, and the river on your shoulder the whole way. Plan the ride before you go.
And 52 more Missouri trails on the same map — the route, the towns and the camps, in 3-D.
MR340 · Missouri River 340
340 miles of river, and all of it comes past Rocheport.
Paddlers put in at Kaw Point in Kansas City and race to St. Charles. They reach us between Franklin Island and Katfish Katy’s; Rocheport’s own stop on the route is Franklin Island.
Our tracker follows the boats: live standings as they clear each checkpoint, their positions on a replay map you can scrub through, and every past year’s results.
Eat, Stay, Shop
Full directory →Eat
Reading Room
All series →The Landing
UndercurrentA packet came up the river with your name where the address should be.
6 waypoints are hidden in the paper. Find them as you read.
Rocheport was a packet-boat town, and this is your packet: a parcel the river left with your name where the address should be. It fills one piece at a time as you come across waypoints scattered through the paper — each one a true fragment of local history with the real article behind it.
Nothing to sign up for and nothing to keep up with. The river is patient.
Opt-in, device-local. Nothing leaves this browser unless you ask it to.
In the Community
- Town Feed
- Suggestion Box — an idea, or report a problem
- Browse Classifieds
Getting Here
Roads →Source: MoDOT Traveler Information. Every closure and delay →