ITASCA STATE PARK, MINN. - Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago, when it was named by an explorer from Michigan seeking the true source of the Mississippi River. Some of the red ...
A historical sign and marker at 21-MO-20, the archaeological site of a 1700s fur-trading fort at the confluence of the Little Elk and Mississippi rivers (Morrison County). Credit: Photo by Wikimedia ...