Month: April 2026

• The search for the source (part 2)

  

  For most of its course, the Mississippi River runs from north to south. But things are different at the headwaters. Here the Mississippi is a meandering stream that arcs vaguely north and east before turning south. Through marshes, woodlands and glacial lakes, this little river forms a giant question mark across north central Minnesota. Part…

  Jesse Rude

  April 24, 2026

  Miscellaneous

  American history, geography, history, hydrology, Itasca, Minnesota history, Mississippi headwaters, mythology, Nicollet, Upper Mississippi

• The search for the source (part 1)

  

  The Mississippi River system covers most of the American interior. Its many tributaries fan out like the branches of an enormous tree across the Midwest and Great Plains, stretching from the Appalachian Mountains in the East to the Rockies in the West. The river system remains critical to American shipping and commerce, and its historical…

  Jesse Rude

  April 24, 2026

  Miscellaneous

  American history, American Midwest, Bdote, colonization, Dakota, explorations, French history, Great Britain, history, indigenous history, Itasca, Métis, Minnesota, Minnesota history, Mississippi headwaters, Native America, New France, Upper Mississippi