# Event Details

- **Event Name**: "From Rapids to Reservoirs & Back Again?" with Historian John Anfinson
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 08:15 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: For the first time since the Twin Cities’ founding, we have an opportunity to redefine the Mississippi River in the heart of the Twin Cities. In 2014, Congress directed the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to permanently close the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock. This ended commercial barge traffic at the Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and Lock and Dam No. 1. Now the Corps wants to leave all three. The Upper St. Anthony Falls Dam will stay, but we have a choice whether the other two locks and dams remain or come out.

John will talk about the choice before us and how we can make a 21st century decision for the Mississippi River between St. Anthony Falls and the Minnesota River confluence, a reach we call "the Gorge."

John Anfinson biography:
Dr. John O. Anfinson has been researching, writing and speaking about the Mississippi River for over 40 years. He spent the first half of his 40-year federal career with the St. Paul District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as District Historian, Tribal Coordinator and Cultural Resources Program Manager. He joined the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service, in 2000, from which he retired as Superintendent in 2021.

This event is free and open to the public and registration is not required, but attendees are encouraged to RSVP. Tickets are not required for admission.

RSVP here: https://www.mnhs.org/events/59729989412
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/minneapolis/from-rapids-to-reservoirs-and-back-again-with-historian-john-anfinson/200030521291713
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Minneapolis
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 704 South 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55401
- **lat**: 44.9787
- **long**: -93.25732
- **full address**: 704 South 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55401

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is "From Rapids to Reservoirs & Back Again?" with Historian John Anfinson being held?
  - **A:** "From Rapids to Reservoirs & Back Again?" with Historian John Anfinson takes place on Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 08:15 pm at 704 South 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55401.
- **Q**: Who is organizing "From Rapids to Reservoirs & Back Again?" with Historian John Anfinson?
  - **A:** "From Rapids to Reservoirs & Back Again?" with Historian John Anfinson is organized by Mill City Museum.

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