The only problem is that only the South Branch (sort of) flows north. The main course, if anything, heads south. I grew up in Eugene, OR, at the headwaters of the Willamette, which really does flow north. But I don't recall any of my high school chums telling me about the Willamette and the Nile.
How did Saint Margaret of Scotland die? Margaret died on November 16, 1093, at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, four days after her husband and son died in defense of the castle. Edit
Margaret Thatcher dies: as it happened. Margaret Thatcher died yesterday of a stroke at the age of 87. Here is all the latest reaction to the death of Britain's first female prime minister. Britain's longest-serving prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died of a stroke at the age of 87.