Posts Tagged ‘great river road’
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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Heading Back to the Great River Road
In November, 2015, My Own True Love and I set out on an adventure. We headed south for a three-week trip along the Great River Road, a conglomeration of 3000 miles of local and state roads that follow the length of the Mississippi River. We started in Memphis, went south until we reached the end…
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