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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777554403321

Titolo

Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River [[electronic resource] ] : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, [2004]

ISBN

1-58729-485-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

A bur oak book

Altri autori (Persone)

RosemanCurtis C

RosemanElizabeth M <1948-> (Elizabeth Mercer)

Disciplina

977/.02

Soggetti

Landscapes - Mississippi River Valley - History

Regionalism - Mississippi River Valley - History

Mississippi River Description and travel

Mississippi River Valley Description and travel

Mississippi River Valley History 1803-1865

Mississippi River Valley History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Upper Mississippi and the Grand Excursion by Curtis C. Roseman, Dick Stahl,and Elizabeth M. Roseman; Building a Mighty Fine Line: The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad by Roald D. Tweet; The Grand Excursion of 1854 by William J. Petersen; The East Looks at the West by Susan R. Brooker-Gross; Steaming up the River by Edwin L. Hill; The Picturesque Mississippi by Patrick Nunnally; Towns to Visit: Sights (Sites) to See by John A. Jakle; Where Nature Smiles Three Hundred Miles: Rail Travel along he River by Jeff Crump

Highway to Empire: Remaking the River by John O. AnfinsonPreservation and Management of the River's Natural Resources by Gary C. Meyer; A River of Logs by Gayle Rein; Fishing the Father of Waters by Malcolm L. Comeaux; Renewals and Reinventions: River Towns on the Upper Mississippi by Norman Moline and Charles Mahaffey; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

n June 1854 the Grand Excursion celebrated in festive style the



completion of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to the Mississippi River. Hundreds of dignitaries including newspaper editors and other journalists; politicians; academics, writers and artists; business and industry leaders; and railroad officials were among those who traveled by rail from Chicago to Rock Island, Illinois, then by steamboat to St. Paul in Minnesota Territory. The travelers were shown a region undergoing rapid settlement by Europeans-an area of great natural beauty offering many promises for additional developme