Remembering Bill Marshall
Remembering Bill Marshall, the Dean of the Forest
Destination of the Day: Bog Walk
Beginning today, the Destination of the Day will highlight places and events in geographic order from the Headwaters Region to the mouth of the Ohio River. Every month I will focus on the river communities in a single state. April belongs to Minnesota. We'll start in the northern Minnesota city of Grand Rapids, where Itasca
Grand Rapids
Population (2010) 10,869 Introduction Grand Rapids is at the hub of a fascinating area: on the southwestern edge of the Mesabi Iron Range, in the middle of the pine forests and the northern Minnesota resort scene, and along the Mississippi River where it finally begins to turn south. Grand
Judy v. Bobby
On a Saturday night in June, the parlor of the restored Grand Rapids (Minnesota) house where little Judy Garland (nee Frances Ethel Gumm) spent the first four years of her life is draped with nostalgia. The parlor, decorated with period furniture, an upright piano, and a small gaggle of old queens and divas, is an
Settling in to Grand Rapids
Mississippi River near Grand Rapids MN After a week, I’m settling in and getting a pretty good feel for Grand Rapids and surrounding areas. The Mississippi is a very different river up here, smaller and in some ways just one of many mid-size streams, not as central in the consciousness of folks like
Welcome to Minnesota
So here I go again. I’m back on the road to experience a new stretch of the Mississippi River, this time the northern reaches where the river hits the road as it emerges from Lake Itasca. I expect to be up here all summer, as I get to know the river from the Headwaters through