02893nam 2200457 450 991079274690332120230126215101.00-87020-785-7(CKB)3710000001085019(MiAaPQ)EBC4816057(EXLCZ)99371000000108501920170315h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThis storied river legends & lore of the upper Mississippi /Dennis McCannMadison, Wisconsin :Wisconsin Historical Society Press,2017.©20171 online resource (201 pages)0-87020-784-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.FolkloreMississippi River RegionMississippi River RegionHistory, LocalAnecdotesWisconsinHistory, LocalAnecdotesMiddle WestHistory, LocalAnecdotesMississippi River RegionBiographyAnecdotesMississippi River RegionSocial life and customsAnecdotesFolklore398.20977McCann Dennis1950-1514334MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792746903321This storied river3749373UNINA