Nineteenth Century America
Road Trip Through History: Crow Wing State Park and the Red River Ox Cart Trail (with a brief aside on ghost towns)
My Own True Love and I almost didn’t stop at Crow Wing State Park. It was late on a dreary afternoon. We’d had a long history nerd day already. And it wasn’t entirely clear that there would be anything to see. But all the (very vague) descriptions of the park said it was the site…
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Road Trip Through History: Lake Itasca State Park and the Headwaters of the Mississippi
As you know if you’ve been reading along, My Own True Love and I just drove a portion of the Great River Road. Several years ago we drove the southern leg of the road, traveling south from Memphis to the point on the Gulf where the road dead-ends in chain link fences and industrial parks…
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From the History in the Margins Archives: A Little Piece of the Great River Road
My Own True Love and I are coming to the end of a week on the Great River Road. We drove north through Wisconsin and Minnesota to Lake Itasca State Park and the headwaters of the Mississippi. Since then we’ve been working our way south on back roads that follow, cross, and re-cross the Mississippi. …
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