Download or read book Jim Franklin's River Towns & River Boats written by Jim Franklin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical account of the original 1854 Grand Excursion on the Mississippi River from Rock Island, Illinois to St. Paul, Minnesota ; account of the 2004 reenactment of the event ; and a historical account of paddlewheeling steamboats on the Upper Mississippi.