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	Encyclopedia: Rochester, Minnesota
		Downtown Rochester and the South Fork of the Zumbro River
		The South Fork of the Zumbro River, passing through Rochesters flood control project The Zumbro River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the Driftless Zone of southeastern Minnesota in the United States.
		The lake was used as a cooling pond for the nearby electrical power plant for many years, although the amount of water used for this purpose has been significantly reduced.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rochester,-Minnesota (4933 words)

	Chapter 1, from "History of Wabasha County" (MN-1884 book).
		Either accompanying the missionary, devoted to a life of poverty, or in his immediate rear, came the trader, devoted to a life of gain, so that a chapel was hardly surmounted by a cross before a trading-house stood by its side.
		It was not until 1683 that a trading-post was established on this side of the Mississippi river.
		Every foot of the ground within range, covered by the small arms in the loopholes of the palisades, the flanks of the inclosure similarly covered and protected, and facing the river, where the bateaux were moored, an abrupt slope to the water, easily guarded and defended.
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	Minnesota Place Names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The names of places, the names that people give to the land, the rivers, the towns, and the cities, contain miniature history lessons, stories wrapped up in a few words.
		This comprehensive volume is a browser's delight and a rich reference for historians, linguists, geographers, folklorists, genealogists, and those interested in the origin of place names.
		Did you know that the Rat Root River was named for the roots that fed muskrats that populated its banks, or that Winona is the Dakota word for "first-born daughter"?
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	AllRefer.com - Zumbro River, Minnesota (MN) (Rice County) - (river) - Facts and Information
		AllRefer.com - Zumbro River, Minnesota (MN) (Rice County) - (river) - Facts and Information
		Zumbro River (ZUHM-bro), 50 mi/80 km long, SE Minn.; formed by confluence of North Fork and South Fork, 16 mi/26 km N of Rochester (44°09'N 92°28'W); flows E past Zumbro Falls, through Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest, for most of its course, to Mississippi R.
		South Fork rises in S Dodge co., 20 mi/32 km WSW of Rochester; flows c.50 mi/80 km E, then N through city of Rochester, and to Zumbro L. reservoir.
	reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/Z/Z01472-zumbro-river.html (240 words)

	New library items in Social Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2006
		Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1998
		River song : a journey down the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola rivers / Joe and Monica Cook
	www.library.appstate.edu /newbooks/bysuperdisc?superdiscid=8&srtby=1 (10919 words)

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