Author: Frederick L. Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961719715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Sea Wing Disaster
Author: Frederick L. Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961719715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961719715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Historic Disasters in Southeast Minnesota
Author: Steve Gardiner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467150940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Southeast Minnesota has regularly felt the wrath of nature. In 1890, a driving straight-line wind on Lake Pepin overturned the Sea Wing, killing ninety-eight people within minutes in the worst marine tragedy in Minnesota history. In 1940, a raging blizzard trapped duck hunters on islands in the Mississippi River and left motorists stranded across the region, leaving dozens injured or dead. Then, in 1965, flood waters of the Mississippi River and its vast network of tributaries kept area residents in fear for two months, shattering records for high water marks and destroying buildings and farmlands before receding and leaving behind damage that took years to rebuild. Local author Steve Gardiner examines these powerful natural disasters and their ramifications on the people of Southeast Minnesota.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467150940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Southeast Minnesota has regularly felt the wrath of nature. In 1890, a driving straight-line wind on Lake Pepin overturned the Sea Wing, killing ninety-eight people within minutes in the worst marine tragedy in Minnesota history. In 1940, a raging blizzard trapped duck hunters on islands in the Mississippi River and left motorists stranded across the region, leaving dozens injured or dead. Then, in 1965, flood waters of the Mississippi River and its vast network of tributaries kept area residents in fear for two months, shattering records for high water marks and destroying buildings and farmlands before receding and leaving behind damage that took years to rebuild. Local author Steve Gardiner examines these powerful natural disasters and their ramifications on the people of Southeast Minnesota.
This Storied River
Author: Dennis McCann
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870207857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In This Storied River, longtime journalist Dennis McCann takes us on an intimate tour of the Upper Mississippi—from Dubuque, Iowa, to the Minnesota headwaters, and dozens of places in between. Far more than a travel guide, This Storied River celebrates the Upper Mississippi’s colorful history and the unique role the river has played in shaping the Midwest.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870207857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In This Storied River, longtime journalist Dennis McCann takes us on an intimate tour of the Upper Mississippi—from Dubuque, Iowa, to the Minnesota headwaters, and dozens of places in between. Far more than a travel guide, This Storied River celebrates the Upper Mississippi’s colorful history and the unique role the river has played in shaping the Midwest.
Haunted Minnesota
Author: Charles A. Stansfield
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174874X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Includes • Arrowhead's Devil Dogs • Spirits of the Vikings • Phantom racehorse Dan Patch • The legend of the fearsome Windego • The ghost ship Minnesota
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174874X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Includes • Arrowhead's Devil Dogs • Spirits of the Vikings • Phantom racehorse Dan Patch • The legend of the fearsome Windego • The ghost ship Minnesota
Report
Author: Minnesota. Adjutant General's Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
1868/1869-1869/1870, 1875/1876 includes the Report of the Board of Trustees of the Soldier's Orphans Home.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
1868/1869-1869/1870, 1875/1876 includes the Report of the Board of Trustees of the Soldier's Orphans Home.
Immortal River
Author: Calvin R. Fremling
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299202941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This engaging and well-illustrated primer to the Upper Mississippi River presents the basic natural and human history of this magnificent waterway. Immortal River is written for the educated lay-person who would like to know more about the river's history and the forces that shape as well as threaten it today. It melds complex information from the fields of geology, ecology, geography, anthropology, and history into a readable, chronological story that spans some 500 million years of the earth's history. Like the Mississippi itself, Immortal River often leaves the main channel to explore the river's backwaters, floodplain, and drainage basin. The book's focus is the Upper Mississippi, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Cairo, Illinois. But it also includes information about the river's headwaters in northern Minnesota and about the Lower Mississippi from Cairo south to the river's mouth ninety miles below New Orleans. It offers an understanding of the basic geology underlying the river's landscapes, ecology, environmental problems, and grandeur.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299202941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This engaging and well-illustrated primer to the Upper Mississippi River presents the basic natural and human history of this magnificent waterway. Immortal River is written for the educated lay-person who would like to know more about the river's history and the forces that shape as well as threaten it today. It melds complex information from the fields of geology, ecology, geography, anthropology, and history into a readable, chronological story that spans some 500 million years of the earth's history. Like the Mississippi itself, Immortal River often leaves the main channel to explore the river's backwaters, floodplain, and drainage basin. The book's focus is the Upper Mississippi, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Cairo, Illinois. But it also includes information about the river's headwaters in northern Minnesota and about the Lower Mississippi from Cairo south to the river's mouth ninety miles below New Orleans. It offers an understanding of the basic geology underlying the river's landscapes, ecology, environmental problems, and grandeur.
Outing
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Weird Minnesota
Author: Eric Dregni
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402739087
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402739087
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the Fiscal Year Ending ...
Author: United States. Life-Saving Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lifesaving
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lifesaving
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service
Author: United States. Life-Saving Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description