A reader from Minnesota recently wrote and, in her email, she mentioned that she lives near where the Mississippi River begins.There is no greater, more besotted fan of the Mississippi than I. Of course, I had questions.Where does it start?How deep and wide is it?She replied that it starts with Lake Itasca and that it is about 18 feet wide. “Depending on how much r...
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