Conaway: Southern river towns — dark waters, new currents
Before trains, airplaines or internet, the Mississippi River (where a passerby photographed ice at sunset Feb. 19, 2021) connected Memphis to ports around the world. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
‘People in river towns understand better than most that nothing good happens when the flow stops, worse still, if it flows backwards.’
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