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Harstads Canoe Cedar River Upstream to Mississippi
Peter T. Harstad and family from Iowa City embarked on an inflation driven canoe voyage from Shell Rock River headwaters in Albert Lea Minnesota to the Mississippi. They aimed to study geology archaeology and life along the Cedar while learning from nature and local people. The trip faced shallow waters and high floods but ended Labor Day at the Mississippi with plans to publish installments in The Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Harstads
Iowa City
Cedar River
Harstads
Iowa River
Amanas
Mississippi River
Shell Rock
Iowa Minnesota
Mississippi
Linda
University of Iowa
Karen
Bethany College
Mankato
Minn
Iowa
Peter T. Harstad
State Historical Society
Carolyn
Mark
David
Kristen
Cedar
Columbus Junction
Barbara Walters
Cedar Rise
Minnesota
Little Cedar
Harstad
Albert Lea
Destiny
Albert Lea Lake
Forks of the Cedar
Cedar Falls
Nature
Donald H. Henderson
Cedar Rapids
Henderson
Butler County
Gazette
Towa
Walter Schneider
Helmer Myre State Park
John Flyppa
Flyppa
Natural History
Shell Rock River
Walt
Glenville
Leslie M. Graversen
Graversen
Rock Falls
Cerro Gordo County