Natural Features
Mississippi River
Mighty Mississippi
Old Man River, the mighty Mississippi River, begins its life rippling between stepping stones at the outlet of Lake Itasca in Northern Minnesota. Explorers of North America had been guessing at the source of the big river for 300 years when Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, led by Ojibwe guide Ozaawindib (Yellow Head), found the headwaters in 1832. Though some dissenters still point to Elk Lake above Lake Itasca's west arm, experts affirm Schoolcraft's claim that Itasca is the uppermost collection basin where the river begins its 2,500-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi borders the entire state of Illinois on the western side of the state, beginning in Northeast Illinois at East Dubuque and ending in South Region at Cairo, at its confluence with the Ohio River.
Off-site search results for "Mississippi River"... Historical Maps of the Mississippi River
... Title/Description: Surveys of the Mississippi River Publication Info: Mississippi River Commission, 1890 Date: 1890 Scale: 1:20,000 Original Source: Tulsa Library Chart No. 3 Chart No. 4 Chart No. 5 Chart No. 6 Chart NMississippi River Publication Info: Mississippi River Commission, 1890 Date: 1890 Scale: 1:20,000 Original Source: Tulsa Library Chart No. 3 Chart No. 4 Chart No. 5 Chart No. 6 Chart NMississippi River Commission, 1890 Date: 1890 Scale: 1:20,000 Original Source: Tulsa Library Chart No. 3 Chart No. 4 Chart No. 5 Chart No. 6 Chart No. 8 Chart No ...
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/MississippiRiver/
Glimpses of Historical Areas East of the Mississippi River
... Columbia Historic Projects Glimpses of HISTORICAL AREAS EAST OF THEMISSISSIPPI RIVER Administered BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, 1937 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Harold L. Ickes ...
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/glimpses3/
1500's Mississippi River Basin Flow Patterns from USACE Fisk Report
Army Corps of Engineers This map shows flow patterns in the Mississippi River Basin in the 1500's; not much different from todays. In North Central Arkansas during October, 1541, Natives told Hernando de Soto that there was an oceaMississippi River Basin in the 1500's; not much different from todays. In North Central Arkansas during October, 1541, Natives told Hernando de Soto that there was an ocean near Utiangue.
http://www.floridahistory.com/usace-fisk-report-1944.html
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