Headwaters Region Guide : Mississippi Valley Traveler / by Dean Klinkenberg.
Material type: TextPublisher: [United States] : Travel Passages, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 248 pages : maps ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780990851820
- 0990851826
- Mississippi Valley Traveler : Headwaters Region Guide [Portion of title]
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 977.6 K65 | Available | 33111008778017 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Mississippi River trickles out of Lake Itasca as it begins its long journey to the Gulf of Mexico, meandering its way through the forests, marshes, and plains of northern Minnesota. The Headwaters Region Guide describes the history and culture of the diverse people who live near the Mississippi Headwaters, including the Ojibwe people who have lived in the area for generations, as well as those who live comunities along the Mississippi River at places like Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Brainerd, Little Falls, St. Cloud, and the Mesabi and Cuyuna Iron Ranges.
"Along the Upper Mississippi River from Itasca State Park to the suburbs of the Twin Cities."--Cover.
"The Mississippi River trickles out of Lake Itasca as it begins its long journey to the Gulf of Mexico, meandering its way through the forests, marshes, and plains of northern Minnesota. The Headwaters Region Guide explores the area in depth, from the Ojibwe communities to the cities along the river like Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Brainerd, and St. Cloud. The book details local history and culture and offers ideas on how to experience life like a local in a land where extremes are the norm."--Page [4] cover.