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Know Your Bridges Galena — in Its Prime Tundra Swans River Book Reviews Keep an Eye on Nature with Peterson Field Guides Exploring the Mississippi from the Twin Cities to the Quad Cities November-December 2007 Know Your Bridges Galena — In Its Prime Tundra Swans River Book Reviews www.big-river.com Keep an eye on nature with Peterson Field Guides Comprehensive and authoritative Peterson Field Guides are essential additions to any naturalist’s bookshelf or backpack. Houghton Miffl in • www.houghtonmiffl inbooks.com/peterson/ njoy a guided tour of a rare and remarkable restoration—made museum of agricultural history and village life Epossible by an unparalleled archive of family photographs and Awhere you will discover a few 19th-century risk records—that puts Villa Louis in a class by itself, truly one of the takers who helped shape Wisconsin’s agricultural most authentically restored Victorian mansions in America. identity. Open daily May 5 to October 31, 2007 Open daily May 26 to September 3 (Labor Day), 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; A lively round of special events throughout the summer including open weekends only September 8 to October 14, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. the War of 1812 Battle of Prairie du Chien and theVilla Louis View the Great River Road Carriage Classic. Interpretive Center exhibit A fine selection of books “River Connections.” and gifts related to the Mississippi River, See the oldest tractor in Villa Louis and North America, located Wisconsin in the State Agricultural history in the Museum. museum store. Browse the Museum store of agricultural related books and Villa Louis is located gift items. on St. Feriole Island, on the banks of the Stonefield is Mississippi River,in located on Prairie du Chien. County Road VV For more information about the 2007 season callVilla Louis at in Cassville. (608) 326-2721 or toll free (866) 944-7483 For more information about 2007 season call Stonefield at visit our Web site at www.wisconsinhistory.org/villalouis/ (608) 725-5210 or toll free (866) 944-7483 Email: [email protected] visit our Web site at www.wisconsinhistory.org/stonefield/ Owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society Owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society Do you like what you see in Big River? We do custom publishing, too. The same crew that designs and produces this magazine also designs books, promotional materials, interpretive signs, logos and websites. Let us help with your projects. We can write, edit, design and lay out your documents. We take the same care with each project as we do with our own magazine. Riverwise, Inc. Two companies, one crew Books • Brochures• Business Cards Logos • Newsletters • Websites www.riverwise.com Give us a call about your next project • 800-303-8201 • 507-454-5949 November-December 2007 / BIG RIVER MAGAZINE 1 C OVERING THE U PPER M ISSISSIPPI SIN C E 1 9 9 3 TM November-December 2007 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 16 Galena — Preserving History and 5 From the Riverbank Thriving on It In search of the Big Picture. Urban renewal? Clear out old buildings for park- By Reggie McLeod ing lots? Not in Galena, Ill. By Pamela Eyden 7 River News Bluffline protection, rivertown restaurants on the The Day World War II Came to Lake small screen, islands restored. 20 Pepin Know Your River: A B-24 bomber went down in nasty weather one 25 day in December 1944. Sizing Up the Bridges By Bob Parrott A survey of bridges from the Twin Cities to the Quad Cities. 22 Tundra Swans By Reggie McLeod Tundra swans spend half of the year migrating. They’re on the river for just a month in the fall. 48 Big River Places: Mounds Park By Molly McGuire Transportation is the theme of this overlook. By Reggie McLeod 28 Reviews of a Raft of New River Books It’s a good year for river books — history, trav- el guides, adventure guides, fiction, birds and children’s books. City Page Ads By Pamela Eyden, Molly McGuire and Reggie McLeod 36 Discover the delights of Upper Mississippi On the cover: River bridges in Minneapolis. communities. The Stone Arch Bridge (a former railroad bridge) is in the foreground; the Third Avenue 36 Advertiser Index Bridge is above it. (Robert J. Hurt) Where did I see that ad…? This page: Carolers in Galena, Ill. (Jo Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau) Wild Rose Timberworks Wild Rose Timberworks Wild Bird Store Hours: Products Closed Monday & Gifts Tuesday 9-7 Traditional timber construction Traditional timber construction Wed - Fri 9-6 525 Junction Street Saturday 9-4 for homes, barns, and shelters. for homes, barns, and shelters. Winona, MN 55987 Sunday 11-3 507-454-6711 / 800-820-8530 GPS Coordinates N44 02.997 W091 40.587 Wild Rose Timberworks Wild Rose Timberworks Located in Decorah, Iowa Located in Decorah, Iowa The little store that brings you (563) 382-8500 or (563) 382-6245 (563) 382-8500 or (563) 382-6245 closer to nature's songbirds www.wildrosetimberworks.com www.wildrosetimberworks.com Wild Rose Timberworks Wild Rose Timberworks • 40' - 50' Slip Rental • Full Service Gas Dock Open Seven Days A Week • Marine/Gift Store 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Mechanical Services Visit our new building and meet our eagles Harriet, Angel and Columbia Join us for our 2007 Deck Opener to celebrate the arrival of eagle season • Inside/Outside Winter and eagle counting Storage on Site • Protected Harbor Nov 3rd & 4th, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. bordered by Mississippi Traditional& Sabula Lakes timber construction Traditional timber construction • Rent our FLOATING 50 Pembroke Street, Wabasha, MN 55981 COTTAGEfor homes, barns, and shelters. for homes, barns, and shelters. 651-565-4989 For more National Eagle Center information: ISLAND CITY HWildARBOR RoseSABULA Timberworks,IOWA 563-687-2825 Wild Rose Timberworks WWW.ISLANDCITYHARBOR.COM MILE 534.7 RBD www.nationaleaglecenter.org Located in Decorah, Iowa Located in Decorah, Iowa (563) 382-8500 or (563) 382-6245 (563) 382-8500 or (563) 382-6245 www.wildrosetimberworks.com www.wildrosetimberworks.com 4 BIG RIVER MAGAZINE / November-December 2007 FROM THE RIVERBANK ™ IN SEARCH OF THE BIG PICTURE Big River Big River Magazine (ISSN 1070-8340) is pub- lished six times a year by Open River Press with Reggie McLeod assistance from Riverwise, Inc., 70 1/2 E. Fourth Editor/Publisher St., PO Box 204, Winona, MN 55987; (507) 454-5949; fax: (507) 454-2133; email: [email protected]; website: www.big-river.com ou might think of biology and them that Big River centers on the geography as two entirely dif- river, but explores it from every angle, Reggie McLeod .........editor/publisher ferent subjects, but the story because all of these activities affect Molly McGuire ........managing editor Y Pamela Eyden ..........news/photo editor about migrating swans in this issue all the others. I’m trying to get them of Big River looks at an intersection to “think outside of the boxes” and to Contributing editors of those two subjects. You might see the connections — to see the big Marc Hequet .........Twin Cities also think of history and economic picture. Becky Sisco ............Dubuque, Iowa development as unrelated, but the Lately, I find myself doing this Maureen J. Cooney ..office/sales story about Galena, Ill., in this issue more often. Twice this summer Kathy Delano ...........sales/design explores an intersection between Pamela Eyden and I took groups of Jenni McCool ...........bookkeeping/subscriptions those two subjects. Patricia McGuire .....bills & renewals assistant While it’s often convenient to cat- With a group of bright, Subscriptions are $27 for one year, $49 for two egorize knowledge into subjects, you years or $4.95 per single issue. Send subscrip- do so at the expense of the big pic- curious people, and maps, tions, single-copy orders and change-of-address requests to Big River, PO Box 204, Winona, MN ture. There are not little cubbyholes mussel shells, plants and other 55987. in your brain labeled “mathematics,” river things in front of us, and Second-class postage paid at Winona, MN. “economics,” “history,” “physics” and POSTMASTER: send change-of-address so on. All knowledge is linked up to the river itself all around us, it requests to Big River, PO Box 204, Winona, MN all other knowledge. If your house is was the perfect setting to look 55987. damaged by a flash flood, then mete- Big River Magazine, Volume 15, Number 6, orology, physics, economics, biology, at the big picture. copyright November 2007. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission of engineering, political science, geol- the publisher is prohibited. ogy and knowledge from many other people out on the river as part of fields suddenly become very impor- Winona State University’s “University tant, but not as separate enterprises. on the River,” where we talked about They become important where they bugs, birds, plants, history, develop- us, it was the perfect setting to look at all intersect, at your wet house. ment, engineering and agriculture the big picture. Sometimes when I speak to a while highlighting the connections — This issue of the magazine pro- group of people about the river, I trying to show them the shape of the vides peeks at the big picture from begin by telling them that the river is big picture. Many of the people on many different perspectives. We go many things to people, and we make the trips had a lot of river experience, from a B-24 crashing in Lake Pepin, a list: swimming spot, highway, fish- which they contributed to the discus- to giant ferrets, to migrating swans, ery, campground, bird flyway, hunt- sions. With a group of bright, curi- to a view of the urban river, to a trip ing spot, source of drinking water, ous people, and maps, mussel shells, to Galena, and that’s without even scenic backdrop, and so on.
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