The Mississippi River system is the fourth longest river in the world and passes through 10 US states on its path to the sea. The Mississippi was first documented by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1541, although Native Americans had been living along the river for generations.
The headwaters of the Mississippi River originate in Lake Itasca. This lake was documented and named by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft in 1832 who had been searching for the headwaters while treating with local tribes. Schoolcraft created the name Itasca from the Latin words for “truth” and “head”, intending the lake to be known as the “true head” of the Mississippi.
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anon992422
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Lake Itasca is in Minnesota. |
anon992372
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And where is Lake Itasca? |
anon992369
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What about the Yangtze? The Congo, The Yellow as well as the Nile and Amazon. It seems the Mississippi River is not fourth? |