How The Mississippi River Started 

Where the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers come together at St. Louis, MO., the Missouri, which has its source in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, is actually the longer of the two.

Nice to see Connie again. She was just starting there when I was in College in Minnesota and took many field trips there at Itasca State Park. Hope the trees are doing better.

All mighty rivers have humble origins!

Lake Itasca is a worthy travelers' destination

Under the 'right' conditions, the Ohio River has more flow than the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois. I heard that from an Army Corp of Engineer representative. I wonder if that is true for other tributaries?

No explanation of the name "Itasca?" verITAS CAput. True head.

I grew up on Quincy, Illinois, which is on the Mississippi River and it's fast and dangerous and dirty.

where does the water in that lake come from?

but further down river the water is icky