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Smithsonian Magazine13d
Cruise the Historic Mississippi
With its enviable position overlooking a bend in the river ... Lines Among the oldest modern settlements on the lower Mississippi River, this petite town located about 90 miles north of Baton ...
Smithsonian Magazine10d
How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Pendleton Bend ... Lower Mississippi Valley. Ashleigh Coleman A waterfall by the Natchez Trace, a Native pathway that colonial traders used to walk home after selling their goods down the river ...
WWNO4d
Mississippi River loses most of its sediment—and land building ability—before reaching the Gulf
New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...
The Lens5d
Tracking the sediment carried by the muddy Mississippi
New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...
NOLA.com3d
As a new Mississippi River bridge moves forward, this rare cypress forest could be in danger
Environmentalists have come out against a potential bridge corridor that would bisect and partially destroy a primeval ...
The Advocate15d
The River’s Reckoning: Key takeaways on the Mississippi’s challenging new era
A new era emerging along the lower Mississippi River will pose serious challenges for Louisiana and the nation in the years ahead. Here are key takeaways from the newspaper’s project examining ...
La Crosse Tribune4d
'Designed for that risk': Engineers say barge impact wouldn't take down Mississippi River bridges in western Wisconsin
Bridges that span the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota are sturdy enough to withstand a barge collision, according to an engineer from the Wisconsin Department of ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus5d
Mississippi River at Lock and Dam 15, Rock Island, forecast to flood this week
Heavy rains in Minnesota over the past several weeks are going to cause the Mississippi ... s River Drive in the 4700 block. At 17 feet water is over most of Davenport’s LeClaire park and lower ...
News and Sentinel1d
Waterways: Little Kanawha River once filled big transportation need
Starting high in the hills of Upshur County, the Little Kanawha River flows 169 miles through the heart of West Virginia ...
Quad-City Times11d
Mississippi River at Quad-Cities reaches major flood stage, still rising
As the National Weather Service Quad Cities was hosting its first in what now will be daily updates on local flooding, the Mississippi River reached major flood stage. Hydrologist Matt Wilson ...
Arkansas Times23d
Daytripping with ‘Driftwood Johnnie’: Cruising the longest river in North America with the Quapaw Canoe Company
So many times, in fact, that Ruskey maintains rivergator.org, a ridiculously detailed, mile-by-mile guide on how to paddle and navigate 600 miles of the lower Mississippi River between St. Louis ...
The Pantagraph18d
A bull shark in the Mississippi River? A paleontologist investigates
ALTON — Researchers have confirmed at least two bull shark sightings in the Mississippi River over the last 100 years. In both cases, bull sharks managed to swim upstream past St. Louis — more ...