Upper Mississippi Valley

E17248

geographic region river valley

The Upper Mississippi Valley is a region along the upper course of the Mississippi River, encompassing parts of several Midwestern U.S. states and historically significant for trade, settlement, and military activity.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Upper Mississippi River region	15
Mississippi Valley	10
Upper Mississippi Valley canonical	7
Upper Mississippi River Valley	6
Upper Mississippi River basin	6
Upper Mississippi River watershed	4
Upper Mississippi River valley	2
Upper Mississippi region	2
Mississippi River corridor	1
Upper Mississippi River	1
Upper Mississippi River Basin	1
Upper Mississippi River frontier	1
Upper Mississippi River system	1
upper Mississippi River basin	1
upper Mississippi River region	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ river valley ⓘ
borderedBy	Interior Lowlands ⓘ surface form: Central Lowland Driftless Area ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ
contains	Fort Crawford ⓘ Fort Madison ⓘ Fort Snelling ⓘ
drainedBy	Mississippi River ⓘ
economicActivity	barge traffic ⓘ grain shipping ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
followsCourseOf	Mississippi River ⓘ surface form: Upper Mississippi River
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ
hasFeature	alluvial soils ⓘ lock and dam system ⓘ navigation channel ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Dubuque ⓘ La Crosse ⓘ Minneapolis ⓘ Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ surface form: Quad Cities St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Louis Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Paul Winona ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor	European exploration ⓘ Native American settlement ⓘ fur trade ⓘ military activity ⓘ steamboat commerce ⓘ
includesPartOf	Illinois ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ surface form: Missouri Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
knownFor	agricultural production ⓘ blufflands and river bluffs ⓘ floodplains ⓘ river transportation ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
locatedIn	Midwestern United States ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
namedAfter	Mississippi River ⓘ
partOf	Mississippi River basin ⓘ
wasExploredBy	French explorers ⓘ Jacques Marquette ⓘ Louis Jolliet ⓘ Zebulon Pike ⓘ
wasInhabitedBy	Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Dakota people Ho-Chunk ⓘ surface form: Ho-Chunk people Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ surface form: Meskwaki people Ojibwe ⓘ surface form: Ojibwe people Sauk people ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Illinois militia → areaOfOperations → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

Black Hawk → historicalRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Valley

Winnebago War → locatedIn → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi region

Winnebago War → mainTheaterOfWar → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River valley

Mississippi River valley → hasPart → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River valley

Mississippi River basin → hasPart → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River basin

Sauk village of Saukenuk → region → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Cheyenne → originalHomeland → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Treaty of St. Louis (1816) → appliesToTerritory → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Treaty of Prairie du Chien → regionAffected → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825)

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Treaty of Prairie du Chien → regionAffected → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Valley

Minnesota River → drainageBasin → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River basin

Fort Crawford → regionServed → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

Red Bird → residence → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Red Bird uprising → location → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Wisconsin River valley → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Basin

Iowa River → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River watershed

American Fur Company → operatedIn → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

Winona, Minnesota, United States → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Valley

Dakota → traditionalRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Wekau → region → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

Winneshiek County → locatedInHydrologicalRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River basin

Illinois River → ecoregion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River basin

Burlington station (Amtrak) → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River corridor

Algonquian peoples → historicalRange → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Southern Plains → borders → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

Wisconsin River → drainageBasin → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River basin

Louis William Valentine DuBourg → placeOfActivity → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

southeastern ceremonial complex → hasGeographicRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Ceremonial Complex

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

Great Lakes to Gulf Coast → linkedRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

Muscatine, Iowa → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Eastern Dakota → historicalRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Wabasha III → areaOfInfluence → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: upper Mississippi River region

Chouteau family → activeIn → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

Pittsburgh–St. Louis → servedRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

Illinois Confederation → locatedIn → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi region

Quashquame → placeOfActivity → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Lower Mississippi River basin → downstreamOf → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River basin

Illinois peoples → culturalRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

Wapsipinicon River → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River watershed

Winona County, Minnesota → locatedIn → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Goodhue County, Minnesota → locatedInRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Valley

Fox–Sauk–Kickapoo branch → hasRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

Army of the Mississippi → historicalRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

France and England in North America: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West → settingLocation → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

Bde Maka Ska → partOfWatershed → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River watershed

Commander, Department of the Mississippi → operatedInTheTerritory → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Valley

Louisiana Territory → includesRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

Mendota → locatedIn → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

subject surface form: Mendota, Minnesota

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Alton Lock and Dam → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River system