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Search for the Mississippi Headwaters
 
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By Cosmos Mariner, August 13, 2013
Search for the Mississippi's Source Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 Minnesota, Clearwater County, Shevlin — Search for the Mississippi's Source
The romantic 19th century quest for the source of the Mississippi river brought many explorers — among them Zebulon Pike, Lewis Cass, and Giacomo Beltrami — to northern Minnesota. The search ended when Ojibwe chief Ozawindib guided Henry . . . Map (db m155665) HM
2 Minnesota, Clearwater County, Shevlin — Itasca LakeSource of the Mississippi River
Discovered by Henry R. Schoolcraft from the summit of this hill July 13, 1832 This tablet is placed by the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Minnesota 1924Map (db m155676) HM
3 Minnesota, Clearwater County, Shevlin — Itasca State Park Centennial1891 - 1991
The name "Itasca" was coined specifically from the Latin words "Veritas caput" -- literally meaning "true head" -- by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft in 1832. Led by Ozawindib, an Ojibwe guide who knew the upper reaches of the Mississippi River and its . . . Map (db m71470) HM
4 Minnesota, Stearns County, Clearwater — Exploring The Mississippi Headwaters
After the American Revolution, the 1783 Treaty of Paris, signed by those representing the American Colonies and Great Britain, sought to establish the boundary of the new country. In the middle of the continent the boundary was to run east to west . . . Map (db m69746) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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