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| | Mississippi River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Louis; and the middle Mississippi, a relatively free-flowing river downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis. | | | The river is divided into the upper Mississippi, from its source south to the Ohio River, and the lower Mississippi, from the Ohio to its mouth near New Orleans. | | | The Mississippi is joined by the Illinois River and the Missouri River near Saint Louis, and by the Ohio at Cairo, Illinois. |
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| | Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Mississippi is bordered on the north by the state of Tennessee; on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico; and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas (across the Mississippi River). | | | Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate States of America on January 9, 1861. | | | At the federal level, Mississippi's two U.S. senators are Trent Lott (Republican) and Thad Cochran (Republican). |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mississippi |
| | Mississippi, one of the United States of America, takes its name from the Mississippi River that forms its western boundary from 35° to 31° N. lat. | | | The State of Mississippi was created by Act of Congress of 1 March, 1817. | | | The validity of these suffrage qualifications has been sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Williams vs. The State of Mississippi, decided by a unanimous court in 1896. |
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| | Introduction to Mississippi - The United States of America |
| | The Bayou State: Mississippi is sometimes referred to as "The Bayou State" for it's slow-moving streams that wander through marshes and lowlands along the Mississippi River and the southern section of the state to the Gulf coast. | | | The Magnolia State: The most well-known nickname for Mississippi is "The Magnolia State." This nickname honors the stately beauty of the Magnolia Trees of Mississippi. | | | The Magnolia is Mississippi's official State Tree and the blossom is Mississippi's official State Flower. |
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| | Mississippi River Facts |
| | Sixty percent of all grain exported from the US is shipped via the Mississippi River through the Port of New Orleans and the Port of South Louisiana. | | | Near LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Mississippi water held behind Lock and Dam #7 and water held back by damming the Black River combine to form this broad reach of the Mississippi River. | | | Sand and other materials carried by the Chippewa sink to the river bottom where the Chippewa and Mississippi join. |
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| | Mississippi |
| | Mississippi, river, Canada - Mississippi, river, c.100 mi (160 km) long, rising E of the Kawartha Lakes, S Ont., Canada, and... | | | Mississippi, river, United States - Mississippi, river, principal river of the United States, c.2,350 mi (3,780 km) long, exceeded in... | | | University of Mississippi - Mississippi, University of, main campus at Oxford; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1844,... |
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| | Encyclopedia4U - Mississippi River - Encyclopedia Article |
| | The river is divided into the upper Mississippi, from its source south to the Ohio River, and the lower Mississippi from the Ohio to its mouth near New Orleans. | | | The first steamboat to travel the full length of the Mississippi from the Ohio River to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana was the New Orleans in December 1811. | | | In the spring of 1927 the river broke out of its banks in 145 places during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and inundated 27,000 square miles to a depth of up to 30 feet. |
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| | WFotW ~ Faulkner Glossary: "Y" |
| | The region of Mississippi known as the Delta is actually the common floodplain of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers. | | | It is bounded on the north by the Tallahatchie River (an actual river in Mississippi) and its southern boundary is the Yoknapatawpha River. | | | It is formed when the Tallahatchie and the Yalobusha Rivers meet, and it drains into the Mississippi River just upstream from Vicksburg. |
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| | Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In 1716, Natchez was founded on the Mississippi River (as Fort Rosalie); it became the dominant town and trading post of the area. | | | Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate States of America on January 9, 1861. | | | At the federal level, Mississippi's two U.S. senators are Trent Lott (Republican) and Thad Cochran (Republican). |
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| | Mississippi River Parkway Commission Home |
| | Mississippi River Parkway Commission P.O. Box 59159 Minneapolis, MN 55459-8257 | | | The 10 sates of the Mississippi River and its Great River Road are: (North to South) | | | Copyright © 2005 - Mississippi River Parkway Commission - All Rights Reserved |
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| | The Natural Environment - Volume 2 - Draft Heritage Study and Environmental Assessment |
| | The Mississippi Delta is the core of the flyway because of the abundance of wetlands adjacent to the Mississippi River. | | | At the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers the average floodplain elevation is approximately 325 feet. | | | According to the Lower Mississippi Delta Region Initiatives it includes a total of 308 counties and parishes in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee as well as the entire states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi (see the Study Area map at the beginning of the document). |
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| | CNN.com - Katrina kills 50 in one Mississippi county - Aug 30, 2005 |
| | Separately, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in Jackson had confirmed four Katrina-related deaths -- one each in Warren, Leake, Pearl River and Hinds counties, an spokeswoman said. | | | The storm was headed north Monday night through Mississippi toward Tennessee and the Ohio River Valley. | | | More than 1.3 million homes and businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were without electricity, according to utility companies serving the region. |
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| | Woodville, Mississippi |
| | Wilkinson County covers an area of 439,318 acres and is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. | | | Lake Mary, Foster's Lake, Mississippi River Backwater, and many wooded areas offer good hunting and fishing, Clark Creek State Park offers hiking in a beautiful natural scenic location. | | | Population for Wilkinson County Mississippi for 2000 was 10,312. |
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| | The Arkansas River, a major tributary of the Mississippi River | | | The Potomac River, the principal river of the Washington, D.C. and the border between Maryland and Virginia in the United States | | | For the state of Nigeria, see Rivers State. |
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| | Mississippi River |
| | Double-crested cormorants were common breeders and abundant migrants on the Upper Mississippi River from St. Paul, Minnesota, to St. Louis, Missouri, during the 1940's and 1950's. | | | Of the world's rivers, the Mississippi ranks third in length, second in watershed area, and fifth in average discharge. | | | The 314-kilometer segment of the Upper Mississippi River extending from the mouth of the Missouri River (near St. Louis, Missouri) to the mouth of the Ohio is often termed the Middle Mississippi River. |
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| | A Brief History of DeSoto County Mississippi |
| | At its organization on February 9, 1836, DeSoto County stretched from the Tennessee state line on the north to the Panola County line on the south; from the Mississippi River and Tunica County on the west to Marshall County on the east. | | | Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was elected president of the Confederacy. | | | DeSoto County sent James Chalmers, Stephen Johnston and Thomas Lewers as delegates to a convention in Jackson, Mississippi, that on January 9, 1861, adopted an Ordinance of Secession, the second state, after South Carolina, to secede from the Union. |
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| | Mississippi County |
| | Mississippi County is located in what was formerly known as "Tywappity Bottom", a vast area bordered by the Scott County Hills on the north, St. James Bayou on the south, the Mississippi River on the east and Little River on the west. | | | The reclaimed land, made especially rich by centuries of floods from the Mississippi River, was excellent farm land for corn, wheat, cotton, and later soybeans. | | | The entire area of Southeast Missouri was noted for its level swampy lowlands, subject to the overflow of the Mississippi River during periods of excessively heavy rainfall. |
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| | Mississippi County, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The county was formed on November 1, 1833 and named for the Mississippi River. | | | Mississippi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. | | | The racial makeup of the county is 64.45% White, 32.70% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.07% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. |
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| | City of East Prairie, Mississippi County Rural EC |
| | Mississippi county, Missouri is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in the heart of the nation. | | | It is the eastern most county in the state and is surrounded by 95 miles of Mississippi River frontage. | | | City of East Prairie, Mississippi County Rural EC City of East Prairie, Mississippi County Rural EC Latest Progress Reports |
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| | DesMoinesRegister.com |
| | On the Mississippi River, the walleye move up stream and stack up below the dams, he said. | | | "For someone who wants to get started walleye fishing, I would try one of the small lakes or the Mississippi River," said Dahl, of rural Carroll. | | | • Cedar River in Black Hawk, Floyd, Bremmer and Mitchell counties |
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| | Section 205 Flood Control Study: Mississippi River, Aitkin, Minnesota | | | Mississippi River Flood Control Project: St. Paul, Minnesota | | | Reconnaissance Study: Minnesota River Basin in MN, SD, IA and ND |
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| | The Tennessee River Campaign |
| | She determined this after being informed by a river pilot that the Mississippi often was unsuitable for the passage of ironclad warships and that the Confederates could easily interdict such an advance with strong fortifications overlooking the river at places such as Vicksburg. | | | We inquired as to the practicability of the naval expedition reaching Mobile, and as to the navigability of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. | | | Although Henry Walke stated that it was Halleck's memo of January 20 that convinced the administration to forgo the Mississippi plan, as stated previously, there is no evidence that McClellan shared Halleck's views with Lincoln and Lincoln's own writings indicate that he made the decision on January 26. |
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| | United States River Cruises : Huge Discounts on United States Vacations, United States Travel |
| | United States River Cruises : Huge Discounts on United States Vacations, United States Travel | | | As a large-scale seller of United States river cruises and United States vacations, we are able to offer you unbeatable prices and unparalleled value. | | | United States River Cruises Search Results - Every United States River Cruises Discounted |
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| | Mississippi River (Ontario) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This page is about the river in Ontario, Canada; for the river in the United States, see Mississippi River. | | | The Mississippi River from Highway 417 near Antrim. | | | It rises east of the Kawartha lakes and flows northeast through Crotch, Dalhousie, and Mississippi Lakes, past Carleton Place, through the municipality of Mississippi Mills and the town of Almonte, then north to join the Ottawa River just east of Arnprior. |
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| | Moving to North Dakota |
| | After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, United States President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the newly acquired territory west of the Mississippi River (see Lewis and Clark Expedition). | | | The coteau runs roughly parallel to the Missouri River in a long diagonal belt through the state. | | | In the northern part of the state the Pembina escarpment separates the Red River valley and the drift plain and is especially noticeable in the Pembina Mountains. |
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| | Is bordered on the north Warren Co., east by Hinds and Copiah Co., south by Jefferson Co., and west by the Mississippi River. | | | Is bordered on the north Issaquena and Yazoo Co's., east by Hinds Co., south by Claiborne Co., and west by Mississippi River. | | | Is bordered on the north Washington Co., east by Sharkey and Yazoo Co's., south by Warren Co., and west by Mississippi River. |
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| | LIPSCOMB v. COLUMBUS MUN. SEPARATE SCH. DIST., 1:98cv20-S-D |
| | In 1821, the Mississippi legislature authorized the incorporation of the town of Columbus, which was located at an important crossing of the Tombigbee River. | | | In the 176-plus years these leases have been in existence, their validity has been confirmed by the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1898, the Mississippi Legislature in 1914, by the Fifth Circuit's prior ruling in this case, and the findings by this court. | | | In 1988, after surveying Mississippi's case law, counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Jackson, Mississippi, determined that the 1890 Constitution rendered leaseholds of sixteenth section land in Columbus "virtually uninsurable." In 1990, responding to Hill and unhappy |
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| | Welcome to the DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife Web Site |
| | Beginning in the early 1980’s bighead carp were being found in the open waters of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. | | | It is reported that bighead carp spawn in the Missouri, Illinois and Mississippi River’s. | | | Bighead carp can be found in or bordering Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. |
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| | THE GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ |
| | Probable hypothesis of the discharge from the northeastward outlets being tributary successively to the Mississippi and Hudson rivers 232 | | | From Lake Traverse and Campbell north to the Tamarack River, in Minnesota 408 | | | Extension of the basin of Lake Agassiz by glacial lakes outflowing to it from the region of the Peace and Athabasca rivers 63 |
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| | Mississippi, river, United States |
| | A prehistoric unionid assemblage from the Big Black River drainage in Hinds County, Mississippi. | | | Mississippi, river, principal river of the United States, c.2,350 mi (3,780 km) long, exceeded in length only by the Missouri River, the chief of its numerous tributaries. | | | The valley of death.(heart disease highest in states along Mississippi and Ohio rivers) (U.S. News & World Report) |
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