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- catalog abstract ""In June 1854 the Grand Excursion celebrated in festive style the completion of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to the Mississippi River. Hundreds of dignitaries traveled by rail from Chicago to Rock Island, Illinois, then by steamboat to St. Paul in Minnesota Territory. One hundred and fifty years later, the thirteen essays in this volume examine the activities and environments of the 1854 Grand Excursion and place them in the context of an evolving regional identity for the Upper Mississippi River Valley based on the economy, culture, geography, and history of the area."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13228133.
- catalog contributor b13228134.
- catalog coverage "Mississippi River Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Mississippi River Valley Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Mississippi River Valley History 1803-1865.".
- catalog coverage "Mississippi River Valley History, Local.".
- catalog created "[2004]".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "[2004]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[2004]".
- catalog description ""In June 1854 the Grand Excursion celebrated in festive style the completion of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to the Mississippi River. Hundreds of dignitaries traveled by rail from Chicago to Rock Island, Illinois, then by steamboat to St. Paul in Minnesota Territory. One hundred and fifty years later, the thirteen essays in this volume examine the activities and environments of the 1854 Grand Excursion and place them in the context of an evolving regional identity for the Upper Mississippi River Valley based on the economy, culture, geography, and history of the area."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-235) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 252 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River.".
- catalog identifier "0877458847 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0877458855 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River.".
- catalog isPartOf "A bur oak book".
- catalog isPartOf "Bur oak book.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "[2004]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Iowa City : University of Iowa Press,".
- catalog relation "Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River Valley Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River Valley History 1803-1865.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River Valley History, Local.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River Valley".
- catalog subject "977/.02 22".
- catalog subject "F353 .G75 2004".
- catalog subject "Landscape Mississippi River Valley History.".
- catalog subject "Landscapes Mississippi River Valley History.".
- catalog subject "Regionalism Mississippi River Valley History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Local history. fast".
- catalog type "text".