This video explores the surprising traces of French and American colonial history along the 150 miles of Mississippi River between St. Louis and Cairo, Illinois.
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Chapters:
0:00 The Middle Mississippi River
1:33 Ste. Genevieve and New France
2:50 Kaskaskia and the American Revolution
5:49 Thebes and steamboats
6:36 Cairo and the Civil War
