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Upper Mississippi River at Winona / Walter Bennick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennick, Walter, author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Winona (Minn.)-History-Pictorial works.
- Winona (Minn.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Winona (Minn.).
- Winona Region (Minn.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Winona Region (Minn.).
- Mississippi River--History--Pictorial works.
- Mississippi River.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Winona, located on an island where the upper Mississippi River flows from west to east, has been linked to the river from its earliest days.Before the community's settlement, Native Americans and white explorers sailed past Wapasha's Prairie in birchbark canoes, keel boats, and small sailboats.
- Contents:
- Untamed and barely navigable
- Taming the river
- Conquering the river
- Floating palaces, showboats, and workhorses
- Life on the river
- Working on the river
- Preserving and enjoying the river
- The city that saved itself
- Celebrating the river
- Masters of the river.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-5616-9
- OCLC:
- 949755066
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