Ebook: It Happened on the Mississippi River

Not just the purview of Mark Twain and his characters, the Mighty Mississippi offers a fascinating look at America. Thirty stories from the history of the Mississippi River will captivate you as you travel from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. From the magnificent prehistoric city of Cahokia to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, It Happened on the Mississippi River tells the stories of intriguing people and events from the history of America's most legendary and historically important river. Find out how the utopian community of Nashoba, founded in 1825 near Memphis, failed after its emancipated slaves ̲became victims of a misdirected project. Read all about the great steamboat race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee. Decide for yourself whether the "Kensington Stone" found by Olaf Ohman in 1898 proves that bands of Vikings made their way to present-day Minnesota more than six hundred years ago!;Preface -- Prehistoric metropolis on the Mississippi -- Cahokia, Ilinois, A.D. 1000 -- The Kensington Stone -- Douglas County, Minnesota, 1362 -- Early European exploration on the Mississippi -- entire length of the Mississippi, 1541-1681 -- The founding of New Orleans -- New Orleans, Louisiana, 1718 -- The Natchez revolt -- Natchez, Mississippi, 1729 -- LaCléde and the beginnings of St. Louis -- St. Louis, Missouri, 1764 -- The fall of Kaskaskia -- Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1778 -- Lewis and Clark at Wood River -- Wood River, Illinois, 1803 -- The transfer of Louisiana -- St. Louis, Missouri, 1804 -- "Kaintucks" on the Mississippi -- Nashville, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi, 1807 -- The New Madrid earthquake -- New Madrid, Missouri and Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, 1811-1812 -- The first steamboat on the Mississippi River -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to New Orleans, Louisiana, 1812 -- The battle of New Orleans -- New Orleans, Louisiana, 1815 -- Fort Snelling and the beginnings of Minneapolis-St. Paul -- Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, 1820 -- Frances Wright's vision -- near Memphis, Tennessee, 1826 -- Black Hawk's war -- Ogle County, Illinois and Vernon County, Wisconsin, 1832 -- Discovering the source of the Mississippi River -- near Lake Itasca, Minnesota, 1832 -- George Catlin and the Pipestone Quarry -- near Pipestone, Minnesota, 1836 -- Davy Crockett's Mississippi River exploits -- between Tennessee and Arkansas, 1837 -- Nauvoo and the Mormons -- Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839 -- General Ulysses Grant's first victory -- near Charleston, Missouri, 1861 -- The great Sioux uprising -- New Ulm, Minnesota, 1862 -- The battle for Vicksburg -- Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863 -- The destruction of the Sultana -- near Memphis, Tennessee, 1865 -- The Natchez vs. the Robert E. Lee -- between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Paul, Missouri, 1870 -- The great Memphis yellow fever epidemic -- Memphis, Tennessee, 1878 -- Mark Twain and the Mississippi River -- entire Mississippi River, 1883 -- The great Mississippi River flood -- entire Mississippi River, 1927 -- The story of the Delta Queen -- entire Mississippi River, 1995 -- A hurricane called Katrina -- New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005.