Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index.
Contents:
Where nature smiles three hundred miles : rail travel along the river / Jeff Crump. Building a mighty fine line : the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad / Roald D. Tweet -- Grand Excursion of 1854 / William J. Petersen -- East looks at the West / Susan R. Brooker-Gross -- Steaming up the river / Edwin L. Hill -- Picturesque Mississippi / Patrick Nunnally -- Towns to visit : sights (sites) to see / John A. Jakle -- Where nature smiles three hundred miles : rail travel along the river / Jeff Crump. Renewals and reinventions : river towns on the Upper Mississippi / Norman Moline, Charles Mahaffey. Preservation and management of the river's natural resources / Gary C. Meyer -- River of logs / Gayle Rein -- Fishing the father of waters / Malcolm L. Comeaux -- Renewals and reinventions : river towns on the Upper Mississippi / Norman Moline, Charles Mahaffey.
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