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( Segments 4 & 5 are COMBINED )

This venture takes you from Pierre, South Dakota, the state capital on the Missouri River, to Northfield, Minnesota on the Cannon. Water is a recurring theme as you cross the streams and rivers of eastern South Dakota's open prairie and enter the waterways and woodlands of Minnesota, the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Meander to De Smet and stay awhile in the Little Town on the Prairie. This is the 1879 homestead community of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of a series of Little House children's books. Watertown, Montevideo and Hutchinson soon follow and include micropolitan treasures and hometown farming conventions. The tour concludes in Northfield, a Midwest college town with the historical reputation of defeating Jessie James and the James–Younger Gang in 1876. Linger too long and you will miss the next segment, through the beautiful rolling countryside of Wisconsin.