with the French explorer Jacques Marquette reaching Iowa in 1673 and providing the first European maps of the Upper Mississippi River. Clayton County’s Marquette is named after him. By the early ...
Dry and unfrozen soils along the Mississippi River and its tributaries in Iowa and Illinois have soaked up recent rain.
the Mighty Mississippi. This iconic river flows for more than 600 miles in Minnesota, from its headwaters at Lake Itasca ...