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...they rebuilt their villages, only to be displaced again in 1953 when Garrison Dam flooded their rich bottomlands. If they see an opportunity in the Lewis and Clark commemoration, it is because culture and economics are intertwined. The image of Amy Mossett dressed up as Sacagawea graces North Dakota tourist posters, but she says she isn't "playing Indian." And her teepee sleepovers and earth-lodge exhibits are part of something more significant than attracting tourist dollars...
Upstream in the Dakotas, river-fed reservoirs have stimulated an $86 million annual tourist business. There residents are in favor of using the dams to mimic the natural flow. Reason: less water will be sent downstream in the summer. That means more water for their marinas and lakes, so boaters won't be left high and dry. In Garrison, S.D., behind the vast reservoir created by the Garrison Dam, businesses see their sales fluctuate with the level of the reservoir. Last year sales hit $11 million, but in years when the corps sends water south to keep barges from running...
...Still, Denver is a more inviting place than most American airports to spend an hour or 12. After you have passed the ticket counters (centralized, helpfully, in two expansive rows on either side of the main terminal) and the two maps of America decorated with photos of oddball tourist attractions (such as the world's largest office chair, in Anniston, Ala.), you can stroll across a giant land bridge overlooking the snaking security lines. One Denver innovation has helped these lines move more quickly: express lines for passengers with only one carry-on item (a purse or small suitcase...
...Nixon Watergate tape in all its four-letter-word glory. If a high school textbook cited a sitting president telling his aides, "I don't give a shit what happens," parents would sue the school board. "The Civil War for Dummies" even has three chapters for the Civil War tourist that operate under the assumption that the reader is a licensed driver, enumerating the battlefields one may visit without even getting...
...make it to the semifinals. The teams' bold performances filled Asians with a pride that football has never before afforded them, and did much to distract them from their countries' stuttering economies and tiresome politics. Yet many of the World Cup's promised boons?not least, millions of extra tourist dollars?have failed to materialize. Now, Koreans and Japanese alike are beginning to ask if the psychological rewards of hosting the Cup were worth the cost of footing the bill...