Author: Harry Owen LathropPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Geography of the Upper Rock River Valley of Wisconsin
Author: Harry Owen LathropPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Grand Excursions on the Upper Mississippi River
Author: Curtis C. & Elizabeth M. Roseman & RosemanPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587294850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
In 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 development. One hundred and fifty years later, the thirteen essays in this volume examine the activities and environments of the 1854 Grand Excursion and place them in the context of an evolving regional identity for the Upper Mississippi River Valley based on the economy, culture, geography, and history of the area. In a series of “excursions,” the contributors explore the building of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, eastern newspaper accounts of the 1854 excursion, steamboating, the area’s pictorial landscape, passenger trains along the scenic river, the genesis and features of river towns, the control of the river for navigation, the development of preserves, parks, and recreation areas, the lumber industry, and commercial fishing. The book concludes by examining the resurgence of river-oriented development, as river towns are once again embracing the Mississippi. Generously illustrated with maps, engravings, ephemera, and historic and present-day photographs, Grand Excursions on the Upper Mississippi River will be of interest to tourists and residents of the area, river aficionados, railroad and steamboat history buffs, as well as academics interested in the history, geography, and regional development of the area.
Reprint and Circular Series of the National Research Council
Author: Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study: Appendix A-Q
Author: Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study Coordinating CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Geography of the Upper Illinois Valley and History of Development
Author: Carl Ortwin SauerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology-Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Rock River Valley
Author: Royal Brunson WayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Research Information ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences by American Universities
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Research Information ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A Complete Geography
Author: Ralph Stockman TarrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description