The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast

Dean Klinkenberg

The Mississippi River has cut a deep path through the heart of America for thousands of years, but how well do we really know the river beyond Huck Finn and headline-grabbing floods? In this podcast, Dean Klinkenberg wades into stories about the characters and places from the big river’s past and present.

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The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast

Episodes (76)

Apr 29th Lake Pepin’s Legends, Communities, and Future with Michael Anderson
Apr 15th After Andersonville: The Sultana and the Cruelest Twist of the Civil War
Apr 1st You Can Make It Illegal, But You Can't Make It Unpopular: History of Brothels and Prostitution in Mississippi River Towns

The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast

Apr 29, 2026
1½ hours
51 MB

Send us Fan Mail Lake Pepin is a natural widening in the main channel of the Mississippi River and one of the most popular sections of the river. In this episode, I have a wide-ranging conversation about the lake with Michael Anderson, Executive Director of the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance. After we cover the basics about the lake (where it is, how it formed), we talk about the long human history in the region and delve into the lore about monsters that many believe inhabit the lake. We then take a virtual tour around the 100-mile perimeter...

The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast

Lake Pepin’s Legends, Communities, and Future with Michael Anderson

Dean Klinkenberg

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