Thursday, November 19, 2009

Straits of Mackinaw and Lake Pepin open

MILWAUKIE, April 18.

The propeller, Queen of the Lakes, has just arrived from Buffalo, through the straits. Lake Pepin, and the Mississippi is also open. The Keokuk is the first boat through.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 19, 1862, p. 1

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