Where the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers come together at St. Louis, MO., the Missouri, which has its source in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, is actually the longer of the two.

Nice to see Connie again. She was just starting there when I was in College in Minnesota and took many field trips there at Itasca State Park. Hope the trees are doing better.

No explanation of the name "Itasca?" verITAS CAput. True head.

@stevedietrich8936

8 ай бұрын

I never knew that. Pretty clever. Thanks.

All mighty rivers have humble origins!

Under the 'right' conditions, the Ohio River has more flow than the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois. I heard that from an Army Corp of Engineer representative. I wonder if that is true for other tributaries?

@GetThemLyrics

2 ай бұрын

As I type this comment the Ohio is very very high. We’re preparing in Baton Rouge. I work on a towboat

Lake Itasca is a worthy travelers' destination

I grew up on Quincy, Illinois, which is on the Mississippi River and it's fast and dangerous and dirty.

@kurtalicious8459

Ай бұрын

I grew up there too! What are the odds we’d find two people from Quincy on this small KZread video!?

@jodyhenke1054

Ай бұрын

@@kurtalicious8459 what year did you graduate? I am from class of 1978.

@kurtalicious8459

Ай бұрын

@@jodyhenke1054 2002 did 2 years at QND and 2 years at QHS.

where does the water in that lake come from?

@Diego-Delgado

Жыл бұрын

from the tears of the less fortunate

@Cm-lp4mu

Жыл бұрын

It says in the video. Spring fed

@Diego-Delgado

Жыл бұрын

@@Cm-lp4mu no shut up

@therealmccoy2004

Жыл бұрын

Streams and creeks

@erikalarson8415

4 ай бұрын

Spring fed from underground water systems.

but further down river the water is icky

@quester09

4 ай бұрын

maybe, but you can ride to Little Falls in a canoe