The region is also an economic hub, responsible for a huge amount of tourism, fishing, cargo shipping, and crude oil production. Along with human life, the Mississippi River Delta is home to an ...

The blues music which arose from the Mississippi Delta has in many ways come to define modern American music. There is a deep ...

CLARKSDALE, Miss. (WTVA) — A wreck in the Mississippi Delta claimed the life of a 31-year-old man. The Mississippi Highway ...

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Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

They brought with them slaves to do the backbreaking work of clearing the wild forest and subduing the Mississippi River with levees. As a result of the slaves' labor, the Delta became the richest ...

Since then, every generation of settlers to the region has attempted to control the river by building levees, or protective, raised embankments, alongside it. Prior to 1882, Mississippi Delta ...

Iowa’s anti-French sentiments are reflected in Clayton County’s Elkader, named after Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din, an ...

The more than 2,300-mile Mississippi River invites travelers to discover ... New Orleans & Southern Charms itinerary, the Mississippi Delta Explorer cruise begins in New Orleans and calls on ...

The Mississippi River is managed in large part by the Army ... Flood projects for cities from the headwaters to the delta Cities and towns along the river could get help for the localized effects ...

The Mississippi River Delta is under siege – a multi-pronged attack of sediment erosion, rising sea levels, and flooding is putting immense strain on the wetlands between the Mississippi River ...