1861: May 11-July 11: The Journey West to Minnesota and back.

Sunday, June 23 to Wednesday, June 26, 1861:  Thoreau and Mann left St. Paul and relocated to Red Wing, Minnesota, where they explored Barn Bluff and the surrounding area for a few days. In Red Wing, they stayed at the Metropolitan Hotel, at the end of Potter Street.  [The hotel burned down in 1869.  Today that area is occupied by the mills of Archer Daniels Midland.] Wednesday, June 26 to Thursday, June 27, 1861:  They steamed down the Mississippi River on the steamboat War Eagle.  They reached Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on Thursday morning.

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