Mississippi River:
Thomas Jefferson, August 2, 1790, Mississippi River Navigation
Mr. Wooster, June 1793, Notes on Land Along Mississippi River
Mississippi River, July 12, 1793, Statement on Navigation of Mississippi River, in French
John Sibley, 1803, Statement on Mississippi River and Rio Bravo
William Leighton to Hiram Barney, Tuesday, January 13, 1863 (Conspiracy to prevent opening of Mississippi River)
The levee at Vicksburg, Miss., February, 1864. [Stereograph]
Mississippi River Express Terminal, aerial view, Memphis, TN
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 1, In Mississippi River at Mississippi Boulevard, below Ford Parkway Bridge, Saint Paul, Ramsey, MN
The America, Mississippi river boat, Mississippi River, Miss.
Mississippi river commission. Improvement of the Mississippi river, 1889
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 18, Upper Mississippi River, Gladstone, Henderson, IL
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 13, Upper Mississippi River, Fulton vicinity, Whiteside, IL
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 21, Upper Mississippi River, Quincy, Adams, IL
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mississipi River (Arsenal Island), Rock Island, Rock Island, IL
Mississippi River views: Caving bank near Grand Tower, Ill., Feb. 20, 1898
The day book., January 25, 1913, 2, Image 29
The day book., May 04, 1912, Image 8
Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River, by A. Persac. Engraved, printed & mounted by J. H. Colton & Co., New York.
Map of the Mississippi River : from Cairo to Donaldsonville.
Carte de la rivière de Mississipi : sur les mémoires de Mr. Le Sueur qui en a pris avec la boussole tous les tours et detours depuis la mer jusqu'à la rivière St. Pierre, et a pris la hauteur du pole en plusieurs endroits / par Guillaume de L'Isle geographe de l'Academie des Sciences.
LLoyd's new map of the Mississippi River from Cairo to its mouth F. W. Brooks, delr. Waters & son, engravers.
Voyage dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, ou Description des pays arrosés par le Mississipi, l'Ohio, le Missouri ...
Lloyd's map of the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico; compiled from Government surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Ribbon map of the [Fa]ther of Waters.
Plan of development for civil works / Lower Mississippi Valley Division, St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.
St. Louis (as seen from above the river)
Junior, La., below New Orleans, on the Mississippi River, levee broken by ship, April 24, 1927
Mississippi River, Dorena, Mo., break near Hickman, Ky.
Miss. River--New Madrid, Mo., levee break
Sandbags being piled up along the levees at Cairo, Ill., against the destructive floodwaters of the Mississippi in 1937
Illinois River:
The home of an island farmer on the Illinois River near Ottawa, Illinois. Note graveyard on the opposite bank
Pivot bridge over Illinois River at Peru (Iron chords and iron turning table.) 310 feet total length.
Illinois River from Starved Rock
The day book., October 01, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 29
Sangamon River:
Lincoln studying on the banks of the Sangamon
Old Salem on the Sangamon, the early home of Lincoln, in Illinois
On the Sangamon River, Ill's.
The Red Cloud chief., April 28, 1921, Image 7
Ohio River:
The captain of the Charles T. Campbell, a coal-burning towboat on its way down the Ohio River near Gallipolis, Ohio
Gallipolis, Ohio. Almost submerged locks in Ohio River
The side of the Charles T. Campbell, a towboat on the Ohio River
Ohio River steamboat, Shawneetown, Illinois.
Ferry crossing, Ohio River at Shawneetown, Illinois.
Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo / surveyed by the party of F. H. Gerdes, Asst. assigned by A.D. Bache, Supdt. U.S. Coast Survey to act under orders of Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, U.S.N., Commanding Mississippi Squadron, 1864.
Rock River:
[Rock River, view near Dixon, Dixon, Ill.]
Rock River Bridge near Nelson, Ill.
Rockford, Ill., view on the Rock River, below city
Rock River, view near Dixon, Ill.
Sandstone bluffs, Rock River, Oregon, Illinois
[A] sandstone bluff [above the] Rock River, Oregon, Illinois
Stages in [a] floodplain, Margaret Fuller Island, Rock River near Oregon, Illinois
Stages in [a] floodplain, Margaret Fuller Island, Rock River near Oregon, Illinois
Des Plaines River:
Lockport Historic District, Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Des Plaines River at Ninth Street, Lockport, Will, IL
[Automobile moving through water next to a sloping wall alongside the Des Plaines River].
[Flooded Des Plaines River surrounding trees at Maywood, Illinois].
[Chicago Northwestern Railroad Bridge over the flooded Des Plaines River in Maywood, Illinois].
[The Des Plaines River] floodplain, Riverside, Illinois
[Railroad accident at Ogden Avenue and Des Plaines River in Des Plaines, Illinois, with end of the car is sitting in the river].
Old and young floodplains, Des Plaines River, Glendon Park, Illinois
[A] Willow zone [on the] floodplain of the Des Plaines River, Glendon Park, Illinois
[Fence in the DesPlaines River at River Grove].
[Children and adults standing and walking on a dam and swimming in the Desplaines River].
[Two men in trench coats spraying for mosquitoes in the Desplaines River in Desplaines, Illinois].
[Desplaines River running through a forest preserve].
Kaskaskia River:
Suspension Bridge, Spanning Kaskaskia River, Carlyle, Clinton, IL
The true Democrat., July 30, 1898, Image 2
Kankakee River:
Kankakee River at Wilmington, Ill's.
[Trestle bridge on the Kankakee River in Kankakee, Illinois].
[Concrete bridge spanning the Kankakee River in Kankakee, Illinois].
Spoon River:
White's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Spoon River at Township Road 209, Blyton vicinity, Fulton, IL
London Mills Bridge, Spanning Spoon River, London Mills, Knox, IL
Indian Ford Bridge, London Mills vicinity, Fulton, IL
The day book., March 21, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 9
Fox River:
United States--Wisconsin--Lake Winnebago. [1832?]
Illinois Traction System, Fox River Bridge, Spanning Fox River, Ottawa, La Salle, IL
Fox River near Geneva, Ill.
Looking up from Batavia, Fox River, Illinois
Fox River looking down from Batavia
Fox River at Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Fox River at Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Daily globe. (St. Paul, Minn.), November 13, 1883, Page 2, Image 2
St. Paul daily globe., March 23, 1887, Page 4, Image 4
Wabash River:
Flood refugee from the Wabash River bottoms brought to McLeansboro, Illinois
Missouri River:
[Bend of the Missouri River].
[Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota : used by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their 1804 expedition up Missouri River].
"Great Bend of the Missouri River -- showing packing-houses"
Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana
Rockport [i.e. Rocheport], Missouri, on the river
On the banks of the Missouri
Websites:
Illinois Rivers Decision Support System
Exotic Plankton in Large River Systems
About the Upper Mississippi River
Illinois River Basin Restoration
U.S. Geological Survey
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois State Water Survey
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
River Watch: Upper Mississippi River Basin
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Mississippi River Flooding Photos: Images of 2011 Historic Floods
Missouri River Basin, Water Management Division (U.S. Army Corps)
Missouri National Recreational River
Water Resource Center (Missouri)
Sangamon River, from UIUC
Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Kankakee
Des Plaines Fish & Wildlife Area (Illinois Department of Natural Resources)
Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway
Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Fishing in Illinois (Illinois Department of Natural Resources)
River Watch- Ohio River Basin
Ohio River Forecast Center
Ohio River Museum
Illinois Fish Advisory: Ohio River
Kaskaskia River (Illinois Department of Natural Resources)
Kaskaskia Bottoms (UIUC)
Illinois River Advisory (Illinois Department of Public Health)
Lower Wabash River (UIUC)
Illinois Rivers and Lakes Fact Sheet
Fox River Preserve and Marina
Fox Illinois (SE) River Basin
Fox River Ecosystem Partnership
Mackinaw River (UIUC)
Illinois Department of Natural Resource
The Great Flood of 1993
Great Flood of M. R., 1993 from NASA
Great Flood of 1993 from New York Times
National Geographic Pictures from 1903 to 1993 with some mention of 2011
2011 article; talks about Hannibal
PBS Fatal Flood, Timeline 1726-1929; 1927 compared to 1993
Books:
The Mighty Mississippi (Ready-to-Read. Level 1) by Marion Dane Bauer and Illustrated by John Wallace ~ISBN-10: 0689869509 or
ISBN-13: 978-0689869501 ----Grades 1-2
The Mississippi: America's Mighty River (Rivers Around the World) by Robin Johnson ~ ISBN-10: 0778774678 or
ISBN-13: 978-0778774679
Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling ~ ISBN-10: 0395273994 or ISBN-13: 978-0395273999 --- Ages 8-12
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain ~ ISBN-10: 1463590776 or ISBN-13: 978-1463590772 --- Ages High School
Monday on the Mississippi by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by France Lessac ~ ISBN-10: 080507208X or ISBN-13: 978-0805072082 --- Ages 5-9
The Mystery on the Mighty Mississippi (Real Kids, Real Places) by Carole Marsh ~ ISBN-10: 063502391 or ISBN-13: 978-0635023919 ---N/A
Mississippi by Diane Siebert and illustrated by Greg Harlin ~ ISBN-10: 0688164455 or ISBN-13: 978-0688164454 --- Grades 3 & up
Marquette & Jolliet: Quest for the Mississippi (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by Alexander Zelenyj ~ ISBN-10: 0778724670 or
ISBN-13: 978-0778724674 --- Ages 8-14
The Mississippi River (Ecosystems of North America) by Maria Mudd-Ruth ~ ISBN-10: 0761409343 or ISBN-13: 978-0761409342 ---Grade 7 &up
River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain by William Anderson and illustrated by Dan Andreasen ~ ISBN-10: 0060284005 or
ISBN-13: 978-0060284008 ---- Grades 1-5
Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi by Cheryl Harness ~ ISBN-10: 0689855494 or ISBN-13: 978-0689855498
--- Ages 6-10 or Grades 3-5
1993 Mississippi River Floods (Disasters) by Jen Green ~ ISBN-10: 0836844955 or ISBN-13: 978-0836844955
On the Trail of Lewis & Clark: A Journey Up the Missouri River by Peter Lourie ~ ISBN-10: 1590782682 or ISBN-13: 978-1590782682 ----Grades 3-7
The Missouri River (Rookie Read-About Geography) by Christine Taylor-Butler ~ ISBN-10: 0516297961 or
ISBN-13: 978-0516297965
Steamboats by Karl Zimmermann ~ ISBN-10: 1590784340 or ISBN-13: 978-1590784341 --- Grades 5-8
The River Between Us by Richard Peck ~ ISBN-10: 0142403105 or ISBN-13: 978-0142403105 ---Ages 8-12
The Ohio River (Rivers of North America) by Tom Jackson ~ ISBN-10: 0836837592 or ISBN-13: 978-0836837599
The Big Rivers: The Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio by Bruce Hiscock ~ ISBN-10: 0689808712 or ISBN-13: 978-0689808715 --- Grades 1-5
Betsy's River Adventure: The Journey Westward (1808) (Sisters in Time #7) ~ ISBN-10: 1593102070 or ISBN-13: 978-1593102074
Danger Along the Ohio by Patricia Willis ~ ISBN-10: 0395770440 or ISBN-13: 978-0395770443 --- Ages 8-12
Freedom River (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) by Doreen Rappaport ~ ISBN-10: 0786803509 or ISBN-13: 978-0786803507 ---Ages 5-9
Natives Along the Wabash by Sheryl Hartman, Illustrated by Steve Tucker, and Composed by Christopher Dick ~ ISBN-10: 0982094914 or
ISBN-13: 978-0982094914
Videos:
Mississippi River Quest (National Georgraphic) DVD, 135 minutes
The Valley of the Giant: Mississippi River story (National Archives and Records Administration), 27 minutes, August 2007 |
