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The Mississippi was frozen north of St. Cloud.
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Most of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes looked frozen.
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Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River
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Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River
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Snowmobile tracks on Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River
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Snowmobile tracks on Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River
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This is the beginning of the Mississippi River, where it flows out of Lake Itasca. Those streaks in the picture are snowflakes -- it was cold!
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The source of the Mississippi.
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The first bridge across the Mississippi.
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The first auto bridge across the Mississippi
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A few miles below the lake, the river was frozen.