My kids and I drove from upper Michigan through Canada onto Toronto and Niagara Falls for summer bvacation/b. There were so many many rivers. Out here the crosses are on the roads to remember the people, but up there they had crosses actually ... The Historic bTrempealeau/b Hotel ( since 1871 ) with restaurant & saloon is on the river. As far as the Holy Grail goes, to each his own. I've crossed the Mississipi in every state it runs through and run up along side It for a mighty ...