Muscatine had some of the worlds richest mussel beds.

马斯卡廷拥有世界上最丰富的贻贝床。

I had barely heard of Muscatine, but it proved to be a fascinating place.

我几乎没听说过马斯卡廷，但事实证明它是一个迷人的地方。

So, I paid my 50 cents, that's all it was at the time, and I was in Muscatine, Iowa.

所以，我支付了我的 50 美分， 这就是当时的全部，我在爱荷华州的马斯卡廷。

A century ago, a third of the worlds buttons were produced in Muscatine, 1.5 billion a year.

一个世纪前， 世界上三分之一的纽扣产自马斯卡廷，每年 15 亿颗。