Description
Captian Ron’s book “UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER HISTORY” begins with the early French explorers and hardy fur trappers. He covers the history of the paddle-wheel steamboats from the primary one at the Mississippi River in 1811, the “NEW ORLEANS”,to the fonding and growth of the paddle-wheel steamboat corporations at the higher Mississippi River — from passenger and freight steamboats to excursion paddle-wheel steamboats of lately.
You will in finding pictures and early historical stories of the higher Mississippi river cities from St.Louis, Missouri, to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
added to all this history are stories and tales from river pilots in regards to the names and landmarks along the higher Mississippi River.