A-rafting on the Mississip' /
During the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the farms and towns of the lower Midwest. These huge log rafts were steered down the river by steamboat pilots whose skill and i...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2001. |
| Series: | Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text |
| Summary: | During the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the farms and towns of the lower Midwest. These huge log rafts were steered down the river by steamboat pilots whose skill and intimate knowledge of the rivers many hazards were legendary. Charles Edward Russell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the history and river lore of seventy years of lumber rafting. During the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the farms and towns of the lower Midwest. These huge log rafts were steered down the river by steamboat pilots whose skill and intimate knowledge of the riverOCOs many hazards were legendary. Charles Edward Russell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the history and river lore of seventy years of lumber rafting." |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : Century Co., ©1928. Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| ISBN: | 9780816693634 0816693633 |