1 Painting the Mississippi RiverHenry Lewis, Artist Henry Lewis sketched and painted scenes along the Mississippi River between 1846 and He compiled them into a panoramic painting nearly half a mile in length, which was a popular theater attraction in the U.S. and Europe. Later he settled in Germany where he published a book based on his panorama. .

2 Indians Spearing Fish, 1857

3 Rollende Prairie, 1857

4 Travelling Hunting Party, 1857

5 Nauvoe, Illinois, 1857 Mormons fleeing persecution in New York State and then Missouri settled in Nauvoo after 1832, building it up to one of the largest cities in Illinois by the mid-1840s. In 1846 other Illinois residents expelled the Mormons, who headed west for Utah.

6 The Indian Camp, 1857

7 The Falls of St. Anthony, 1857

8 Dubuque in Iowa, 1857 A long time site of lead mining, in the 1840s Dubuque was a commercial center along the upper Mississippi River.

9 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1830

10 The Grand Council American Indians gather along the river in conference.

11 Saint Louis in 1846