2012 CHAPTER 27: MASHING MUD IN THE LITTLE MISSISSIPPI
September 5th 2012 August 30--With September coming on fast, I felt the need to travel on. I wanted to get to North Dakota, then south to Colorado to spend some time with the kids. First, though, I had one last stop to make in Minnesota: to see the headwaters of the Mississippi.
In the 19th century white explorers searched for the source of the big river. The Indians had always known the source, though
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