Fabulous tales of fortunes in 1924, freshwater pearls taken from Mississippi River mussels are still told along the shores of Lake Pepin and in the declining pearl button cities like Muscatine, Iowa.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, clammers would drag 12-foot crowfoot bars along the bottom of the St. Croix River. Mussels, sensitive to disturbance, would clamp tightly onto the hooks. Their ...

Now on sale for just $9, the Belle de Mer Freshwater Button Pearl Stud Earrings prove that sometimes the simplest (and more ...

Those who have lived in the Quad-City region likely know that the making of pearl buttons was a big industry here at the turn of the 19th century. They also may know that Muscatine was the “world ...

Watch your pearls, ladies. The fellas are coming for them. Men are wearing pearl jewelry — necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings — and infusing a bolder, tougher flair to the classic feminine elegance ...

Brides — and grooms — are clamoring to incorporate pearls into their wedding looks in modern ways. By Stephanie Cain Dri Buono Patel already had her wedding jewelry — diamond cluster earrings, to ...

Tim Chun literally swept Sandra Kim off her feet the first time they met in 2011. Kim and Chun at a party through mutual friends when she was visiting a friend who went to Chun's college. "It's kind ...

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