Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index
Upper Mississippi and the Grand Excursion - Curtis C. Roseman, Dick Stahl, Elizabeth M. Roseman -- - Building a mighty fine line : the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad - Roald D. Tweet -- - Grand Excursion of 1854 - William J. Petersen -- - East looks at the West - Susan R. Brooker-Gross -- - Steaming up the river - Edwin L. Hill -- - Picturesque Mississippi - Patrick Nunnally -- - Towns to visit : sights (sites) to see - John A. Jakle -- - Where nature smiles three hundred miles : rail travel along the river - Jeff Crump
Highway to empire : remaking the river - John O. Anfinson -- - Preservation and management of the river's natural resources - Gary C. Meyer -- - River of logs - Gayle Rein -- - Fishing the father of waters - Malcolm L. Comeaux -- - Renewals and reinventions : river towns on the Upper Mississippi - Norman Moline, Charles Mahaffey
