Winona / Walter Bennick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennick, Walter., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Winona (Minn.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Winona (Minn.).

Winona (Minn.)--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Located on an island in the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, Winona has been home to the transportation industry from its earliest days. Before Winona was a city, Native Americans and European explorers sailed past "Wapasha’s Prairie" in birch bark canoes, keel boats, or small sailboats. As early as the 1820s, steamboats plied up and down the "Father of Waters," carrying people and goods to and from the interior. Until bridges were built, it was necessary to use ferryboats to cross this great river. The first bridge to cross the river was a railroad swing bridge that allowed steamboats to pass by. With the bridge in place, rail traffic arrived in Winona and a terminal was established along the riverfront.

Contents:

The early years

A new community is formed

Crossing the Great River

Getting around town

Some leaders of industry and commerce

Soldiers and wars

Health and sickness, hospitals and cemeteries

Educational and religious leadership

The arts and entertainment

Lost Winona.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 124) and index.

OCLC:

885210289