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Schoolcraft Discovers Mississippi Source Lake Itasca Centenary
In 1832 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and his party found Lake Itasca as the Mississippi headwaters during a Minnesota expedition. The voyage, guided by Yellow Head, linked to Fort Snelling and Sault Ste. Marie, prompting a 100th anniversary pageant in Itasca State Park.
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Mississippi
Hernando de Sota
The
Panfilo Narvaez
Gulf of Mexico
Chickasaw Bluff
State of
de Soto
Great River
Luis de Moscosco
Gulf
Mexico
Moscosco
New World
Pierre Esprit Radisson
Medard Chouwart Groseiliers
Three Rivers
Quebec
Upper
Agnes C. Laut
Marquette
Louis Joliet
North America
David Thompson
Northwest Company
North Dakota
Turtle Lake
Lieut
Zebulon 3Ke
Pike
St. Louis
Little Pally
Minn
Sandy Jake
Leech Lake
Cass Lake
Cov
Lewis Casa
Michigan Territory
Oo Lake
Cage
Duluth
American Fur Company
Fond du Lac
East Savanna
West Savanna
Sandy Lake
Red Cedar Lake
Cassina
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Minnesota
Schoolcraft
Lake Itasca
Itascea State Park
Northwestern
Minnesota Historical Association
Minnesota Historical Society
Ilamilton
Middlebury and
Union Colleges
Mississippi Valley
Cass
Cass Jake
Northwest
Great Lakes
Black Hawk
William T. Sboutwell
Douglass Moughton
Lake Bemidj
Yellow Head
Schoylcraft River
la Salle
Itasca Lake
Lac la Biche
Coutwell
Itasca
Superior
Doutwell
Schoolcraft Island
Allen
Causa Lake
Star Island
Colcaspi
Grand Island
Fort Snelling
Sault
St. Croix
Lake Superior
Elk Lake
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