Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Upper Mississippi and the Grand Excursion by Curtis C. Roseman, Dick Stahl,and Elizabeth M. Roseman
Building a Mighty Fine Line: The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad by Roald D. Tweet
The Grand Excursion of 1854 by William J. Petersen
The East Looks at the West by Susan R. Brooker-Gross
Steaming up the River by Edwin L. Hill
The Picturesque Mississippi by Patrick Nunnally
Towns to Visit: Sights (Sites) to See by John A. Jakle
Where Nature Smiles Three Hundred Miles: Rail Travel along he River by Jeff Crump
Highway to Empire: Remaking the River by John O. Anfinson
Preservation and Management of the River’s Natural Resources by Gary C. Meyer
A River of Logs by Gayle Rein
Fishing the Father of Waters by Malcolm L. Comeaux
Renewals and Reinventions: River Towns on the Upper Mississippi by Norman Moline and Charles Mahaffey
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
Index