• Enjoying the Mississippi River

    Mississippi

    National River & Recreation Area Minnesota

Upper Post Timeline

After the Civil War, the area now known as the Upper Post was developed as the headquarters for the Department of the Dakotas.  From 1878 to 1892, the area was greatly expanded with numerous state-of-the-art barracks and quarters. During World War II the area was used as a training center for the U.S. Army.

 
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Did You Know?

Lock and Dam Number 1 from a long distance.

At Lake Itasca, the elevation of the Mississippi River is 1,475 feet above sea level. It drops to sea level at the Gulf of Mexico. More than half of that drop occurs within the state of Minnesota.