Painted on the bluffs near the town of Alton, Illinois is the mural of the Piasa, which according to early Native American residents meant 'the bird that devoured men.' The dragon-like depiction overlooks what the Ojibwe Tribe called misi-ziibi...the Mississippi River.Following an auto accident that claims her entire family, Sara Williams, a 16-year-old Chicago teenager, finds herself left with an aunt in the Great River town. Her cousin, Pamela Sweet,...