The floating boathouses on the upper Mississippi River
Subtitle: their history, their stories
By: Martha Greene Phillips
Publisher: Boathouse Book,]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780578002057
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: What is a boathouse?; title: Discovering boathouses; title: Ancestors: Early boathouse origins; title: History timeline; title: World War II, the 1950s, and a history of boating on the upper Mississippi River; title: Boathouse communities along the river: Brownsville, Fountain City, La Crosse, Minnesota City, Red Wing and Winona; title: Boathouse life: The nuts and bolts of everyday living with a boathouse; title: Who's on first? Agencies, political issues, legal concerns, environmental issues; title: Next of kin: Other boathouses, houseboats, and live-aboards; title: The future of the upper Mississippi River boathouses; title: Glossary; title: Index.