https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=FIRST_RUNFIRST RUN - Revision history2026-04-20T05:35:36ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=FIRST_RUN&diff=176006&oldid=prevRandylyon at 03:24, 1 November 20222022-11-01T03:24:04Z<p></p>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=FIRST_RUN&diff=17202&oldid=prevRandylyon: New page: FIRST RUN. To encourage steamboat captains to attempt the journey up the MISSISSIPPI RIVER to reach St. Paul, Minnesota as early in the spring as possible, a large cash prize was offe...2009-09-18T01:50:35Z<p>New page: FIRST RUN. To encourage steamboat captains to attempt the journey up the <a href="/index.php/MISSISSIPPI_RIVER" title="MISSISSIPPI RIVER">MISSISSIPPI RIVER</a> to reach St. Paul, Minnesota as early in the spring as possible, a large cash prize was offe...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>FIRST RUN. To encourage steamboat captains to attempt the journey up the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to reach St. Paul, Minnesota as early in the spring as possible, a large cash prize was offered by commercial interests along the river. This was done because as soon as the river was opened, shipping could commence. This prize went to the first captain to get his vessel through the dangerous [[ICE]] jams.<br />
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