312 GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION TO THE KOC.KV MOUNTAINS. 



LA CROSSE TO MINNEAPOLIS. 



ITINEKAh'Y. 



By I'i.y s. Grant. 



Station. 



I, a Crosse 



Dresbach 



Dakota 



Richmond 



Lamoille 



Homer 



Winona 



M innesota City. . 



Whitman 



Minnciska 



Weaver 



Kellogg 



Wabasha 



Reads [landing . . 

 Kings Cooley .... 



Distance. I i; va ion 





i) 

 4 



,:: 



i.-. 



19 



-' 



4(1 

 4P. 

 51 

 57 

 59 

 G:! 





 (i 

 10 

 16 

 21 

 81 

 ;i9 



18 



667 



G74 

 655 

 872 

 658 



CGI 



ecu 

 G7.-> 



GTS 



G4 



070 



69 



071" 



. 82 



701 



92 



711 



95 



68G 



101 



, 



(3 



200 

 205 



-on 



205 



200 



20 1 

 201 

 L'OG 

 207 

 20 I 

 205 

 214 

 217 

 209 



I'upn- 



I. il ion. 



L890. 



Station. 



25,090 LakeCit3 



Fioiiti-nar 



Wanconta 



Red Wing ... 



Eeeleston .... 



Etter 



18.208 Hastings 



Langdon 



Newport 



Daytons Huff 



St. Paul 



Mrtiiliita 



Fori Bnelling 

 Minnehaha .... 



Minneapolis .. 



Distance, 



Elevation. 





i 









- 









♦j 









B 





a: 



J 



g 



5 



s 





69 



in 



703 



214 



76 

 80 

 8G 

 94 

 99 

 107 



IK! 

 119 



126 



127 



122 

 129 



199 

 151 

 159 



171 

 182 

 193 

 203 

 204 



71-8 219 



706 215 

 685 208 



GS9 210 



G89 210 



707 215 



811 'J 17 



Popu- 

 lation, 



1890. 



2. 128 



G, 294 



3,705 



2. 487 



44G 



749 



228 



707 



215 



703 



214 



7.7.1 



286 



722 



220 



813 



247 



188, 1;VG 



187 22o 826 252 



164 738 



At La Crosse the Mississippi river is first seen. At the point of 

 crossing of the railroad the low- water and high-water marks are re- 

 spectively 628 feet (191*4 in.) and 043-5 feet (196*1 m.) above the sealevel. 

 The river varies much in width from here to Lake Pepin, sometimes 

 being- not more than half a mile (0-8 km.) across, and again spreading 

 out to nearly three times that distance. The railroad follows the river 

 almost continuously until reaching St. Paul, and along this route is the 

 Sliest scenery- in the whole Mississippi valley. The river is confined 

 between high bluffs, precipitous in many places, and its flood plain is 

 as a rule comparatively narrow. 



From La Crosse to Winona the road follows close to the river's edge. 

 The high bluffs on either side are of Cambrian strata; St. Croix sand- 

 stone capped by Lower Magnesian limestone. In some of the shaly 

 layers of the St. Croix, near Winona, are found many shells of Lingula ; in 

 fact one bed of 16 inches (0-41 m.) in width is made up almost entirely 

 oflinguloid shells. The bluffs rise in many places precipitously from 



