How Did Minnesota Get Its Shape? Why is Isle Royale part of Michigan? What’s with that knob on top of Minnesota? And why doesn’t it include the entirety of Lake of the Woods? What about the bump on th
The complete history of steamboating on the Missouri RiverForming the most important river corridor in the trans-Mississippi West, the Missouri and its navigable tributaries were instrumental in openi
In this volume, William Lass tells the story of Minnesota, a state that evolved from many cultures, from its beginnings to the present. This history not only provides descriptions of the essential eve
In July 1882, the steamboat Red Cloud hit a snag near Fort Peck, Montana, and settled into the bed of the Missouri River with a full cargo. The flagship of I. G. Baker & Company, which control
