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Itasca Lake The True Source Of The Mississippi
Minnesota historians mark the 100th anniversary of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft discovering Lake Itasca as the Mississippi headwaters in 1832. The expedition led by Schoolcraft and guided by the Yellow Head traced from Cass Lake through portages to Itasca, earning medals for the guide and shaping national memory of the river’s source.
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Ecmo Scott Watson
North American
Mississippi
Hernando de Soto
Panfilo Narvaez
Gulf of Mexico
Chickasaw Bluffs
State of
de Soto
Great River
Luis de Moscosco
Gulf
Mexico
Moscosco
New World
Pierre Esprit Radisson
Medard Chouart Groseiliers
Three Rivers
Quebec
Upper
Agnes C. Laut
West
Marquette
Louis Joliet
Wisconsin
Britfair
North America
David Thompson
Northwest Company
Grand Portage
Mandan
North Dakota
Turtle Lake
Zebulon M. Pike
Pike
St. Louis
Little ‘Falls
Minn
Sandy Lake
Leech Lake
Cass Lake
Lewis Cass
Michigan Territory
Caslake
Cass
Detroit
St. Louis River
Duluth
American Fur Company
Fond du Lac
East Savanna
West Savanna
Red Cedar Inne
Cassina
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Minnesota
Schoolcraft
Lake Itasca
Itasca State Park
Northwestern
Hamilton
N. Y
Middlebury
Union Colleges
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Great Lakes
Black Hawk
Ilinois
William'’ T. Boutwell
Douglass Houghton
James
Allen
Lake Superior
Ozawindib
Yellow’ Head
Star Island
Lake Bemidji
Yellow Head
Schoolcraft River
la Salle
Itasca Lake
Lac la Biche
Elk Lake
Boutwell
Itasca
Superior
United States
Colcaspi
Fort Snelling
Sault
St. Croix
Zews
Henry Rowe _Schoolcraft