Wide Rivers Crossed: The South Platte and the Illinois of the American Prairie

Contents

v Contents Prologue 1 PaRt i. stReams of the shoRtgRass PRaiRie: the soUth Platte RiveR Basin Chapter 1. At the Headwaters 15 Chapter 2. Onto the Plains 33 Chapter 3. River Metamorphosis 61 Chapter 4. What the Future Holds 125 PaRt ii. stReams of the tallgRass PRaiRie: the illinois RiveR Basin Chapter 5. Natural History of the Illinois River 149 Chapter 6. Native Americans and the First European Settlers 193 Chapter 7. Twentieth-Century River Metamorphosis 219 Chapter 8. What the Future Holds 287 Epilogue 311 English-Metric Unit Conversions 317 Selected Bibliography 319 Index 339 W i d e R i v e R s C R o s s e d ...