| Show barge M line K t rj extended a jj T gs to S a A at A ki 1 1 I 1 7 ilat 1 the first steamboat whistle heard beard lu in minneapolis MInnea polls tor for a quarter of u century shrilled the arrival of 0 four government barges ending in a test trip rip up the upper mississippi river from st louis this opened the operation of the upper mississippi river barge line company and marked a big step forward to in northwest development when ulten these barges went through the minneapolis canal locks as shown in this airplane photograph |