Kinnickinnic River At Dawn

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Kinnickinnic River At Dawn

Artist

Chellie Bock

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Photograph - Photography

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I can't even, I CAN'T EVEN begin to tell you how peaceful and beautiful this morning was. I usually just go out and take photos. I never have a set plan, I just drive where ever I want and perfect scenes pop up at me. This is one of them. I actually thought I wandered into a fantasy land when I walked up upon this scene. It was so powerfully calm and peaceful

This is down at the Kinnickinnic River in Wisconsin.

The city of River Falls, Wisconsin, which was named after the historic Junction Falls waterfall on the Kinnickinnic River, is situated on the river where the main branch of the Kinnickinnic River and the South Fork of the Kinnickinnic River have their confluence. The name Kinnickinnic is a word from the Ojibwe giniginige, and refers to tobacco mixed with other plant material for smoking.

History
The first settler of European descent along the Kinnickinnic River was Judge Joel Foster. He first settled in the area over the winter of 1848-1849 in a walled-in cave overhang at the confluence of the main channel and the South Fork of the Kinnickinnic River. Foster wrote about the two Native American tribes inhabiting the region—the Sioux and the Chippewa. He noted that both placed such value on the St. Croix River Valley that neither claimed it for themselves. Two brothers, Nathaniel N. and Oliver Stanley Powell, also claimed land in the vicinity in 1849. They built the first commercial structure in the City of River Falls in 1852 along the banks of the Kinnickinnic River. Foster built a sawmill and dam in 1854 which was later expanded to include a feed store and was located on the south bank of the Kinnickinnic River. Later that year, the firm of Crossman & Hart constructed a brickyard on the southern edge of the growing community along the Kinnickinnic. Four flour mills with dams in the Kinnickinnic River were established in the City of River Falls. The first was built in 1855 by C.B. Cox, who later built another mill known as the Prairie Mill, located on the west side of North Main Street.(wikipedia)

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and do!

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April 2nd, 2017

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