The Mississippi River in the Civil War

The Mississippi River in the Civil War

"Whatever nation gets control of the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, will control the continent."

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1861

The goal of both the Northern (Federal or Union) and Southern (Confederate) armies was to ...

Earthquakes Along the Mississippi

Why are there quakes along the Mississippi River?

Geologists have many theories but do not know why quakes occur around New Madrid, Missouri. They do agree that the geology of the Mississippi valley is unique because of Reelfoot rift and the ...

Mississippi State College for Women

The oldest state supported woman's college (1884) in the United States. It pioneered in adding vocational subjects to standard arts-science program.

Marker is at the intersection of College Street and 11th Street South, on the right when traveling east on College ...

Mississippi

In a tangle of willows without light

The singular screech-owl's tight

Invisible lyric seeds the mind

With the furious murmer of their chivalry

Ode to the Confederate Dead

By Allen Tate

Jos. Richards - Sergt. J.F. Forbes - C. Griffin ...

Mississippi County Bank

In a spot once home to the Mercantile Opera House, this Classical Revival-style building was built in 1936 as Mississippi County Bank, showcasing Italian marble and rich wood throughout. Continuing to finance farming interests, First National Bank, then, Union Planters ...

South Mississippi County War Memorial

In Memoriam

To those men from

South Mississippi County

who gave their lives

in World Wars I & II,

Korea, and Southeast Asia

Lt. John McGavock Grider - PVT. William A. Charles

PFC Clarence Croft - CPL. Billie W. Craine

PFC Hershel Brock - PVT. Billy E. Hooper

PFC ...

Confederate Veterans of Mississippi County

1861 - 1865

In memory

of the

Confederate Veterans

of

Mississippi County

erected A.D. 1934

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Elliott Fletcher Chapter

Bytheville Arkansas

Marker is at the intersection of North Walnut Street (U.S. 61) and West Hale Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Walnut Street. ...

Mississippi County Court House

The county seat of Mississippi County, created in 1833, was located at Osceola in 1836. Since about 1900 the county has maintained another court house at Blytheville for the northern district. The county was named for the great river which ...

Mississippi County Courthouse

Osceola

This Neoclassical Courthouse was built in 1912 on land donated by Judge W.J. Driver. Constructed of unusual brick, the building features a flat roof supporting a copper dome with large concrete terra cotta decorations and round polished inserts on the ...

Mississippi River Levee

Floods of 1927 and 1937 overwhelmed eastern Arkansas, destroying cotton crops and countless homes. To prevent future loss of life and economic devastation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the St. Francis Levee District built an extensive levee system ...