Schoolcraft's Expedition to Lake Itasca: The Discovery of the Source of the Mississippi

Scientist, explorer, historian, and Indian Agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's name must be included in the pantheon of early nineteenth-century adventurers who were in the vanguard of American expansion into the heart of the continent. While some, individuals like William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John C. Fremont, and Kit Carson did not stop until they reached the Pacific Ocean, others took it as their task to explore the vast, unknown interior; chief among this group was Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is the author of 'Schoolcraft's Expedition to Lake Itasca: The Discovery of the Source of the Mississippi', published 1993 under ISBN 9780870133350 and ISBN 0870133357.