After our first stop, we drove up the road a little more and got out once again to walk to the Indian burial mounds. Here is the bike trail that pedestrians also use to visit the mounds.
	Might as well use existing park signs to explain what is going on. Enlarge this picture to read about the Woodland Indian culture.
	More about the Woodland Indian culture and burial.
	Here in back of the rail fence is one of the burial mounds.
	I think this is flowering dogwood. Now we have made it to the large parking lot at the Mississippi headwaters, and I snapped this picture on the walk to same.
	Timeline ...
	Here you are just about to emerge into the clearing where the headwaters is located. You can make out the famous carved 'totem' announcing this fact.
	Self explanatory. The headwaters are famous for the rocks placed across the stream-width Mississippi so kids and adults can claim the privilege of walking across the river.
	Looking past the walking rocks into Lake Itasca.
	The rocks are slippery and treacherous. Many a child has fallen in and gotten themselves wet. Indeed, the boy in the red shirt will soon be wet ...
	Most postcards don't give you this view. Here is what it looks like as you set off to cross.
	This is the downstream view of the river from the headwaters. The log foot bridge provides an easier method of crossing should you not want to risk the rocks.
	Origin of the word 'Mississippi'.
	View of the headwaters crossing area from downstream.
	Another good view of the rocks.
	The totem is straight ahead across the river.