Rafting on the Mississippi

After 1837 the vast timber resources of northern Wisconsin were eagerly sought by settlers moving into the mid-Mississippi valley. By 1847 there were more than thirty saw-mills on the Wisconsin, Chippewa, and St. Croix river systems, cutting largely Wisconsin white ...

Dams on the Mississippi

Lock and Dam No. 8 at Genoa, 679.2 miles above the mouth of the Ohio River, is set on a foundation of sand, gravel and broken rock. It has a 110 foot wide chamber and an 11 foot lift from ...

1st Mississippi Cavalry

C.S.

1st Mississippi Cavalry,

Army of the Mississippi.

Ross' (2d) Michigan battery was retiring from the field at about 5.30 P.M. April 6, 1862 when the 1st Miss. Cavalry charged and captured four of its guns at this place.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898

In 1898, following the financial panic of 1893 and the droughts of 1894-95, a world-class

exposition was held in Omaha under the guidance of Gurdon W. Wattles and other civic leaders.

The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition emulated earlier “world's fairs” such as ...

Buffalo Bill at the Trans-Mississippi and International Expositi

William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody held the first official performance of his Wild West show just half a mile northeast of here on May 19, 1883. Eight thousand people attended the premiere at the Omaha Driving Park near Eighteenth and ...

Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898

At this site in 1898, Omaha hosted the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition.

Following the model of other “world's fairs,” the exposition highlighted the “Progress of the

West,” drawing over 2.5 million admissions.

The exposition grounds encompassed an area from Ames to Binney, and ...

The Blues Trail From Mississippi to Memphis

The bright lights of Beale Street and the promise of musical stardom have lured blues musicians from nearby Mississippi since the early 1900s. Early Memphis blues luminaries who migrated from Mississippi include Gus Cannon, Furry Lewis, Jim Jackson and Memphis ...

1st and 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiments (USA)

Mississippi African American Monument

Commemorating the

service of the

1st and 3rd Mississippi

Infantry Regiments,

African Descent and

all Mississippians of

African descent

who participated in

the Vicksburg

Campaign.

Marker is on Grant Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Mississippi River

"The Father of Water" has provided means of travel and commerce since early days. Indians, explorers, priests, traders, and settlers plied its current in canoes, dugouts, flatboats, keelboats, packets, and towboats.

Until the Civil War, Cape Girardeau thrived as a river ...

The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Helena

Helena has played a vital role in blues history for artists from both sides of the Mississippi River. Once known as a “wide open” hot spot for music, gambling, and nightlife, Helena was also the birthplace of “King Biscuit Time,” ...