Minneapolis Boat Cruise on the Mississippi River

One cans take cruises on the upper Mississippipatent rights to the land. In 1872 St. Anthony and
River through the city of Minneapolis. There areMinneapolis were joined together under the name
private and public cruises on paddle wheelers.of Minneapolis. The name, Minneapolis comes from
Advance reservations are a good idea.miinne,a Sioux word for water and polis is Greek
These tours describe the history and the growthword meaning city.
of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1680 a FrenchThe city grew because of the falls. The falls
Franciscan missionary, Father Louis Hennepin, wasprovided a source of power for the lumber
the first white man to see St. Anthony Falls. Heindustry. In 1869 St. Anthony Falls almost
named the falls for St. Anthony of Padua. Thecollapsed due to a geological fault. A cut-off wall
village of St. Anthony was settled on the eastor apron was built. St. Anthony Falls is located
side of the Mississippi River. The falls providednorth-east of downtown Minneapolis. It is the only
power for a grist mill that ground flour for thenatural water falls on the upper Mississippi River. In
soldiers at Fort Snelling. The mill was built on athe mid twentieth century, locks and dams were
crag looking over the meeting place of thebuilt to extend travel upstream.
Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. In 1849 theThe tours includes upper St. Anthony Falls Lock
waterfall ran the first saw mill for profit. Settlersthe northern extreme of twenty-nine locks along
from the eastern states moved in and occupiedthe Mississippi River. It has a drop of fifty feet.
the U.S military-reservation land on the west sideThe cruises float by Boom Island Park in the
of the Mississippi. In 1855 the illegal squatters gotheart of historic Minneapolis Riverfront District.