http://toonrefugee.com/toonblog Sports, Religious & Political Cartoons Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:00:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://toonrefugee.com/toonblog/edwardsville-cartoons/mrf-mississippi-river-festival http://toonrefugee.com/toonblog/edwardsville-cartoons/mrf-mississippi-river-festival#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:49:53 +0000 James Cook http://toonrefugee.com/toonblog/general-interest/mrf-mississippi-river-festival/99 For over a decade the Mississippi River Festival on the grounds of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was host to great music and a variety of characters.

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