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Old Times on the Upper Mississippi · George Byron Merrick — chapter 32 of 33 · ~770 words · public domain

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Table of Distances from St. Louis

=========================+==========+=========+========== | |DISTANCE |GOVERNMENT LANDING |ESTIMATED,|BETWEEN |SURVEY, |1858 |PORTS |1880 -------------------------+----------+---------+---------- Alton, Ill. | 25 | -- | 23 Grafton, Ill. | -- | 16 | 39 Cap au Gris, Mo. | 65 | 27 | 66 Hamburg, Ill. | -- | 22 | 88 Clarkesville, Mo. | 102 | 14 | 102 Louisiana, Mo. | 114 | 10 | 112 Hannibal, Mo. | 144 | 29 | 141 Quincy, Ill. | 164 | 20 | 161 La Grange, Mo. | 176 | 10 | 171 Canton, Mo. | 184 | 7 | 178 Alexandria, Mo. | 204 | 19 | 197 Warsaw, Ill. | 204 | -- | 197 Keokuk, Iowa | 208 | 5 | 202 Montrose, Iowa | 220 | 12 | 214 Nauvoo, Ill. | 223 | 3 | 217 Fort Madison, Iowa | 232 | 8 | 225 Pontoosuc, Ill. | 238 | 7 | 232 Dallas, Ill. | 240 | 2 | 234 Burlington, Iowa | 255 | 14 | 248 Oquawaka, Ill. | 270 | 13 | 261 Keithsburg, Ill. | 282 | 12 | 273 New Boston, Ill. | 289 | 6 | 279 Port Louisa, Iowa | 294 | 9 | 288 Muscatine, Iowa | 317 | 14 | 302 Buffalo, Iowa | -- | 19 | 321 Rock Island, Ill. | 347 | 10 | 331 Davenport, Iowa | 348 | 1 | 332 Hampton, Ill. | -- | 10 | 342 -------------------------+----------+---------+----------

=========================+==========+=========+========== | |DISTANCE |GOVERNMENT LANDING |ESTIMATED,|BETWEEN |SURVEY, |1858 |PORTS |1880 -------------------------+----------+---------+---------- Le Claire, Iowa | 365 | 6 | 348 Port Byron, Ill. | 365 | -- | 348 Princeton, Iowa | 371 | 6 | 354 Cordova, Ill. | 372 | 1 | 355 Camanche, Iowa | 381 | 9 | 364 Albany, Ill. | 384 | 2 | 366 Clinton, Iowa | 390 | 5 | 371 Fulton, Ill. | 392 | 2 | 373 Lyons, Iowa | 393 | 1 | 374 Sabula, Ill. | 412 | 17 | 391 Savanna, Ill. | 415 | 2 | 393 Bellevue, Iowa | 438 | 21 | 414 Galena, Ill. | 450 | 12 | 426 Dubuque, Iowa | 470 | 12 | 438 Dunleith, Ill. | 471 | 1 | 439 Wells' Landing, Iowa | 485 | 13 | 452 Cassville, Wis. | 500 | 16 | 468 Guttenberg, Iowa | 510 | 10 | 478 Glen Haven, Wis. | -- | 1 | 479 Clayton, Iowa | 522 | 7 | 486 Wisconsin River, Wis. | -- | 7 | 493 McGregor, Iowa | 533 | 4 | 497 Prairie du Chien, Wis. | 536 | 3 | 500 Lynxville, Wis. | 553 | 17 | 517 Lansing, Iowa | 566 | 12 | 529 De Soto, Wis. | 577 | 5 | 534 Victory, Wis. | 582 | 7 | 541 Bad Axe, Wis. | 589 | 8 | 549 Warner's Landing, Wis. | -- | 5 | 554 Brownsville, Minn. | 591 | 8 | 562 La Crosse, Wis. | 617 | 10 | 572 Dresbach, Minn. | 627 | 8 | 580 Trempealeau, Wis. | 632 | 11 | 591 Winona, Minn. | 645 | 13 | 604 Fountain City, Wis. | 655 | 7 | 611 Mount Vernon, Minn. | 666 | 9 | 620 Minneiska, Minn. | 669 | 3 | 623 Buffalo City, Wis. | 676 | -- | -- Alma, Wis. | 684 | 10 | 633 -------------------------+----------+---------+----------

=========================+==========+=========+========== | |DISTANCE |GOVERNMENT LANDING |ESTIMATED,|BETWEEN |SURVEY, |1858 |PORTS |1880 -------------------------+----------+---------+---------- Wabasha, Minn. | 693 | 9 | 642 Reed's Landing, Minn. | 696 | 3 | 645 North Pepin, Wis. | 701 | 4 | 649 Lake City, Minn. | 708 | 6 | 655 Florence, Minn. | 713 | -- | -- Frontenac, Minn. | 719 | -- | -- Maiden Rock, Wis. | -- | 10 | 665 Wacouta, Minn. | 723 | -- | -- Stockholm, Wis. | -- | 3 | 668 Red Wing, Minn. | 726 | 8 | 676 Trenton, Wis. | -- | 4 | 680 Diamond Bluff, Wis. | 741 | 6 | 686 Prescott, Wis. | 756 | 13 | 699 Point Douglass, Minn. | 757 | 1 | 700 Hastings, Minn. | 759 | 2 | 702 Nininger, Minn. | 764 | 5 | 707 Pine Bend, Minn. | 775 | -- | -- Newport, Minn. | 782 | 13 | 720 St. Paul, Minn. | 791 | 9 | 729 St. Anthony Falls, Minn. | 805 | 12 | 741 -------------------------+----------+---------+----------

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