Table of Contents
Preface v Prehistoric Metropolis on the Mississippi-cahokia, illinois, A.D. 1000 1 The Kensington Stone-douglas county, minnesota, 1362 5 Early European Exploration on the Mississippi-entire length of the mississippi, 1541-1681 10 The Founding of New Orleans-new orleans, louisiana, 1718 15 The Natchez Revolt-natchez, mississippi, 1729 19 LaClede and the Beginnings of St. Louis-st. louis, missouri, 1764 24 The Fall of Kaskaskia-kaskaskia, illinois, 1778 28 Lewis and Clark at Wood River-wood river, illinois, 1803 33 The Transfer of Louisiana-st. louis, missouri, 1804 38
"Kaintucks" on the Mississippi-nashville, tennessee, to natchez, mississippi, 1807 42 The New Madrid Earthquake-new madrid, missouri, and reelfoot lake, tennessee, 1811-1812 47 The First Steamboat on the Mississippi River-pittsburgh, pennsylvania, to new orleans, louisiana, 1812 51 The Battle of New Orleans-new orleans, louisiana, 1815 55 Fort Snelling and the Beginnings of Minneapolis-St. Paul-minneapolis-st. paul, minnesota, 1820 59 Frances Wright's Vision-near memphis, tennessee, 1826 64 Black Hawk's War-ogle county, illinois, and vernon county, wisconsin, 1832 69 Discovering the Source of the Mississippi River-near lake itasca, minnesota, 1832 74 George Catlin and the Pipestone Quarry-near pipestone, minnesota, 1836 78 Davy Crockett's Mississippi River Exploits-between tennessee and arkansas, 1837 82 Nauvoo and the Mormons-nauvoo, illinois, 1839 87 General Ulysses Grant's First Victory-near charleston, missouri, 1861 92 The Great Sioux Uprising-new ulm, minnesota, 1862 97 The Battle for Vicksburg-vicksburg, mississippi, 1863 101 The Destruction of the Sultana-near memphis, tennessee, 1865 106 The Natchez vs. theRobert E. Lee-between new orleans, louisiana, and st. louis, missouri, 1870 111 The Great Memphis Yellow Fever Epidemic-memphis, tennessee, 1878 116 Mark Twain and the Mississippi River-Entire mississippi river, 1883 121 The Great Mississippi River Flood-entire mississippi river, 1927 126 The Story of the Delta Queen-entire mississippi river, 1995 131 A Hurricane Called Katrina-new orleans, louisiana, 2005 136 Bibliography 141 Index 149 About the Author 154
