Up the Mighty Mississippi

Atop the Mississippi Palisades- steep, wooded cliffs overlooking the Mississippi River - traffic on the river can be viewed. This tug heads upstream with several barges on its way to points unknown to us.

Many decades ago, before the abundance of roads and railroads, the traffic here must have been heavy. Passengers and cargo would have passed here, before heading to St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and even Chicago once the Hennepin, and Illinois and Michigan Canals were complete.

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