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"Marquette was a French missionary and Jolliet a fur trader and explorer. Together they set out to find the direction and origin of the Mississippi River, ultimately exploring most of the distance between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico! Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an appealing tabloid style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include why the French wanted...
45) Finding the wild West: along the Mississippi : Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota
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"From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the states Along the Mississippi, including Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota--one of the five-volume Finding...
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"Often viewed in isolation, the Jolliet and Marquette expedition in fact took place against a sprawling backdrop that encompassed everything from ancient Native American cities to French colonial machinations. Mark Walczynski draws on a wealth of original research to place the explorers and their journey within seventeenth-century North America. His account takes readers among the region's diverse Native American peoples and into a vanished natural...
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America's historic trails volume 3
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The River Road: Tom Bodett travels the River Road that riverboat-men used to use to walk back to Natchez after riding the currents of the Mississippi down to New Orleans. The Natchez Trace: The Natchez Trace was the second leg of the riverboat-men's journey home to Nashville and Tom discusses the stories about the land pirates and the mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis at Grinder's Stand.