While there are different numbers depending on the source, the Mississippi ... at the headwaters, the river’s depth drops dramatically once you get close to its mouth. The deepest point, near ...

She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the area’s longtime drinking water source: the Mississippi River. It was a similar story not far away at the Black Velvet Oyster Bar and Grill.

New Orleans was founded in 1718 atop the ridge that runs alongside the current channel of the Mississippi, 150 kilometers upstream of the river’s mouth ... the essential source of information ...

"Louisiana has been affected in a pretty big way, as it sits at the mouth of the river and ... one issue from another." The main source of the Mississippi River is Lake Itasca, a small glacial ...

The mighty Mississippi River was renamed ... local officials heralding the deepening of the river's navigation channel to 50 feet between its mouth and New Orleans. Sean Duffy, executive ...

For centuries, America’s relationship with the Mississippi has been fraught. The river ... source at Lake Itasca, Minn., the “Father of Waters” meanders some 2,350 miles to its mouth ...