The Wisconsin River

“The Nation’s Hardest-Working River”

From its source at Lac Vieux Desert to the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, the Wisconsin River descends 1,071 feet in 430 miles. Twenty-six power dams utilize 640 feet of the fall of the river to ...

The Union Land Company and the Case Family / The Olentangy River

The Union Land Company and the Case Family

Congress established the United States Military District in 1796 by an act to provide bounty land for Revolutionary War officers and soldiers. District lands consisted of 2.6 million acres in twelve Ohio counties, ...

The River of Rafts

This was once one of the busiest stretches on the Upper Mississippi River. Between 1830 and 1915, lumber companies in western Wisconsin floated millions of pine logs and pieces of cut lumber down the Chippewa River, which enters the Mississippi ...

British Raids on the Coan River

During the War of 1812, on 7 Aug. 1814 ten

British ships and smaller vessels appeared on

the Coan River, which flows into the Potomac.

The invaders sent three barges to capture

three American schooners situated within two

miles of Northumberland Court House. The

Lancaster County ...

Recapture of the Connecticut River

Recapture of the

Connecticut River

1981 – 1999

Dedicated September 3, 1999

On the occasion of the opening of

Riverfront Plaza and Terraces

Founders Bridge Promenade and

State Street Landing

[ left plaque ]

A Historic Connection

Riverfront Plaza restores Hartford's historic connection to the "Quinnehticut" – the long tidal ...

The Horseshoe Lumber Company / River Falls Power Company

(side A)

The Horseshoe Lumber Company

E.L. More, president of the A&F Division of the L&N Railroad, arrived in River Falls from Nashville in 1897 to spearhead the construction of a branch line of the L&N. Recognizing a business opportunity in the ...

History of the Monocacy River Valley

The earliest inhabitants of the Monocacy River Valley lived here about 12,000 years ago. These Native Americans lived in territorial, semi-nomadic groups dependent upon hunting, fishing, and food gathering.

When European settlers first came to Maryland, they encountered Native Americans who ...

The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 / And The Rivers Flowed Through T

The Great Dayton Flood of 1913

On Sunday, March 23, 1913, three storm systems met over western Ohio and, over the next four days, poured nine to eleven inches of rain over the Miami Valley. Falling on near-frozen and saturated ground, ...

The St. Croix River Valley / Welcome to Minnesota

The St. Croix River Valley Forming a long stretch of the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin, the St. Croix is one of America's most scenic Wild Rivers. Its valley is sometimes referred to as the "New England of the West."

Along ...

Forts on the Kennebec River

Since before Columbus discovered the New World, the Kennebec River has been the scene of settlement and conflict. While Fort Halifax represents the most northern military outpost in the region, it is only one of more than twenty forts that ...