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Schoolcraft Discovers the Mississippi Source at Itasca in 1832
The article recounts the long search for the true source of the Mississippi. It follows De Soto’s and Pike’s prior reach to Cass Lake and Lake Bemidji, then credits Henry Rowe Schoolcraft with locating Lake Itasca as the river’s head, prompting a Minnesota centennial pageant.
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Elmo Scott Watson
North American
Mississippi
Ol' Man River
Hernando de Soto
Panfilo Narvaez
Gulf of Mexico
Clickasaw Bluffs
State of
de Soto
Great River
Luis de Moscosco
Gulf
Mexico
Moscosco
New World
Pierre Hsprit Radisson
Medard Chouart Groseillers
Three Rivers
Quebec
Upper
Agnes ©. Laut
Marquette
Lous Tollet
Wisconsin
North America
David Thompson
Northweet Company
Grand Portage
Mandan
North Dakota
Turtle Lake
Zebulon M. Pike
Pike
St. Louis
Little Falla
Minn
Sandy Lake
Laeweh Lake
Case Lake
Lewis Cass
Michigan Territory
Cass Jake
Cass
Detroit
St. Louis River
Duluth
American Fur Company
Fond du Lac
East Savanna
West Savanna
Red Cedar Lake
Cassina
Cass Lake
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Minnesota
Schoolcraft
Lake Itasca
Itasca State Park
Northwestern
Hampton
N. Y
Middlebury
Union Colleges
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Coss
Great Lakes
Blick Hi
William T. Boutwell
Douglass Houghan
James Allen
Sault Ste. Marie
Savanna Portage
Sandy
Cass Lakes
Lake Stuperior
Yellow Head
St Cass Lake
Star Island
Lake Bemidji
Schoolcraft River
Indian Ile
le Salle
Lac la Biche
Ell Lake
Boutwell
Superior
United States
Lake Ttasta
Schoolernaft Island
Lake Mason
Allen
Casslake
Colcayo
Grand Island
Itasca
Port Snelling
Sault
St. Croix
Lake Superior
Elkinke
Hoolcraft
Lermons
Mississippi River