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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Winona

Winona

Bennick, Walter

Hardcover

Regional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1531663915
ISBN13: 9781531663919
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Oct 15 2012
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Located on an island in the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, Winona has been home to the transportation industry from its earliest days. Before Winona was a city, Native Americans and European explorers sailed past Wapasha's Prairie in birch bark canoes, keel boats, or small sailboats. As early as the 1820s, steamboats plied up and down the Father of Waters, carrying people and goods to and from the interior. Until bridges were built, it was necessary to use ferryboats to cross this great river. The first bridge to cross the river was a railroad swing bridge that allowed steamboats to pass by. With the bridge in place, rail traffic arrived in Winona and a terminal was established along the riverfront.

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