Picatinny Arsenal: Lodging: Lodging at Picatinny Arsenal, though limited in number, offers a variety of choices to include cabins, trailers, appartments, and a guesthouse. All facilities offer cable TV and internet and are smoke free. Pets are allowed at certain facilities for a nominal fee.
There were temporary river waterfalls where the Mississippi ran backwards during 1811-12 earthquakes. It happened when a thrust fault created a sudden dam several feet high near the bottom of the river loop near New Madrid.
Hammerstein decided to use the idea of the Mississippi River as a basis for the song, and told Kern to use the melody that the stevedores sang in Cotton Blossom but invert some of it, and slow down the tempo. This inversion gave Ol' Man River a tragic quality.