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Discovering the Mississippi River:
As expeditions led by Lt. Zebulon Pike and 1805, and General Lewis Cass in 1820, had arrived in Minnesota's far north too late in the season to reach the Mississippi River headwaters, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was commissioned by the American Government to treaty with natives in the area and to determine the "true source" of the Mississippi River. Guided by the Chippewa natives, he was the first person of European descent to see the lake he would name Itasca in
mid July of 1832.
Naming the Mississippi River:
Schoolcraft came up with the name Itasca by linking together the last four letters of the Latin word veritas and the first two letters of the Latin word caput. Veritas is truth; caput is head. Therefore, Itasca stands for the true head (waters) for the Mississippi River. In 1836, yet another explorer was sent to confirm Schoolcraft's conclusion. Jean Nicolas Nicollet declared in his journal that the longest of the streams that feeds Itasca, now known as Nicollet Creek, was "truly the infant Mississippi according to geographic rule." Schoolcraft's Lake Itasca remained uncontested, however, as the official sourse of the Mississippi River.
Origin of Capt. Willard Glazier's "Source of the Mississippi" Headwaters Map, 1887:
It was not until 1881, 45 years after Nicollet's expedition that Glazier began exploring the lakes and streams that comprise the headwaters of the Mississippi.
The exploration began July 12,1881 from Brainerd, Minnesota. According to Glaziers journal (which some have dismissed as largely fabricated) Lake Itasca is fed by Lake Glazier which in turn is fed by three creeds, one of which is fed by
tiny Lake Alice.
The art of Lisa Middleton has charmed Mississippi River residents and art collectors for over a decade. Look for her loved companion piece The Father Of Waters here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/105278684/mississippi-river-unframed-color-gift?ref=listings_manager_grid
"Due to the unique nature of our maps all sizes are approximate. Please do not purchase a frame until you receive the map and measure it. "Full refund if returned in original condition within 14 days. Buyer pays return shipping.
As expeditions led by Lt. Zebulon Pike and 1805, and General Lewis Cass in 1820, had arrived in Minnesota's far north too late in the season to reach the Mississippi River headwaters, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was commissioned by the American Government to treaty with natives in the area and to determine the "true source" of the Mississippi River. Guided by the Chippewa natives, he was the first person of European descent to see the lake he would name Itasca in
mid July of 1832.
Naming the Mississippi River:
Schoolcraft came up with the name Itasca by linking together the last four letters of the Latin word veritas and the first two letters of the Latin word caput. Veritas is truth; caput is head. Therefore, Itasca stands for the true head (waters) for the Mississippi River. In 1836, yet another explorer was sent to confirm Schoolcraft's conclusion. Jean Nicolas Nicollet declared in his journal that the longest of the streams that feeds Itasca, now known as Nicollet Creek, was "truly the infant Mississippi according to geographic rule." Schoolcraft's Lake Itasca remained uncontested, however, as the official sourse of the Mississippi River.
Origin of Capt. Willard Glazier's "Source of the Mississippi" Headwaters Map, 1887:
It was not until 1881, 45 years after Nicollet's expedition that Glazier began exploring the lakes and streams that comprise the headwaters of the Mississippi.
The exploration began July 12,1881 from Brainerd, Minnesota. According to Glaziers journal (which some have dismissed as largely fabricated) Lake Itasca is fed by Lake Glazier which in turn is fed by three creeds, one of which is fed by
tiny Lake Alice.
The art of Lisa Middleton has charmed Mississippi River residents and art collectors for over a decade. Look for her loved companion piece The Father Of Waters here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/105278684/mississippi-river-unframed-color-gift?ref=listings_manager_grid
"Due to the unique nature of our maps all sizes are approximate. Please do not purchase a frame until you receive the map and measure it. "Full refund if returned in original condition within 14 days. Buyer pays return shipping.
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