This storied river : legends & lore of the upper Mississippi / Dennis McCann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCann, Dennis, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Mississippi River Region.

Folklore.

Mississippi River Region--History, Local--Anecdotes.

Mississippi River Region.

Wisconsin--History, Local--Anecdotes.

Wisconsin.

Middle West--History, Local--Anecdotes.

Middle West.

Mississippi River Region--Biography--Anecdotes.

Mississippi River Region--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2017.

Summary:

"The book is neither a traveler's guide to the Mississippi River nor a linear history. Instead, it is a series of historical stories, at times humorous, about people and places linked by the Mississippi River that inform modern travelers about the Upper Mississippi and its role in our region's history. The stories cover the Upper Mississippi, roughly from Dubuque north to the river's source at Lake Itasca. While most stories focus on Wisconsin, some take place in Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota. The author, Dennis McCann, has relied on the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, as well as several seminal histories of people and places along the river, for background and research"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Up the famous river, again

Julien Dubuque and the mines of Spain

Boom town on the fever

Stonefield on the river

Guttenberg's misspelled honor

A Scotsman on the river

Diamond Jo Reynolds

Zebulon Pike and his peak

A most historical spot

The button boom

Treasure from the mud

Effigy mounds and eternal mysteries

When the river ran red

Steamboats on the river

The most terrible conflagration

The city that named an actress

Alma, a nineteenth-century river town

The father of waterskiing

And the river runs unruly

Winona and the Maiden's Rock

Red Wing, the shoe leather city

Fort Snelling, outpost on the river

A search as long as a river

Elsewhere on the river.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-87020-785-7