East of the Mississippi, especially in somewhat upland districts.
MISSISSIPPI, a South Central state of the United States, situated between 35° N.
Originally Mississippi was almost entirely covered with a growth of forest trees of large size, mostly deciduous; and in 1900 about seven-tenths of its area was still classed as timber-land.
And apparently, everyone else this side of the Mississippi as well.
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The wish to meet people of the different sections of the country and to explain his position upon the questions of the day led the President to begin (14th September 1909), a tour which included the Pacific coast, the South-west, the Mississippi Valley and the South Atlantic states, and during which he travelled 13,000 miles and made 266 speeches.
While at Memphis she went over one of the large Mississippi steamers.
There were likely some nasty security features on the other side of the Mississippi left over from the East-West Civil War.
All the cities along the Mississippi River had been marked as contaminated to some extent.
The Mississippi is locked down with everything the feds have.
The normal annual precipitation for Mississippi is about 51 in.; for the southern half, 54 in., and for the northern half, 49 in.
Mississippi ranks high among the southern states in the production of lumber.
On the southern border, the Mississippi Sound affords safe navigation for small coasting vessels, and from Gulfport (13 m.
Her body was found on the Iowa bank of the Mississippi ten days later.
The only ones west of the Mississippi are Kansas and Oklahoma, and Arizona and New Mexico in the west.
The feds sealed off the Mississippi using the equipment left over from the war fifty years ago.
You'd think the plan was to help the survivors, but I'm in a constant battle with others who want to wipe out everything east of the Mississippi and just start over.
He'd surmised she was somewhere this side of the Mississippi, but he couldn't understand how she didn't know how bad it was.
Everything this side of the Mississippi is working on solar energy, but not all the facilities are equipped with energy storage, and because it's fall, our energy collection is limited.
Lana typed a message to Mr. Tim, telling him she was leaving and heading to the Peace Command Center, which was the first center beyond the Mississippi River.
The brunette waved in return and led her through the small town to a boardwalk lining the wide, slow-moving Mississippi River.
She showed him the map, which showed the property as a forty-kilometer stretch along the Seine.
Mike says along the Mississippi, all the towns are like this.
Except for his army hitch and a few late night military flights, Dean had never been west of the Mississippi and he'd never seen scenery as spectacular as Colorado in late spring.
Garner, Reconstruction in Mississippi (New York, 1901); W.
His refusal soon after his inauguration to honour the requisition of the governor of Virginia for three persons charged with assisting a slave to escape from Norfolk, provoked retaliatory measures by the Virginia legislature, in which Mississippi and South Carolina soon joined.
For practical studies see official reports on the Mississippi, Rhine, Seine, Elbe and other great rivers.
Of Ottawa, on the Mississippi river, and at the junction of the main line and Brockville branch of the Canadian Pacific railway.
His historical writings, with the exception of a small volume on American Political Ideas (1885), an account of the system of Civil Government in the United States (1890), The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War (1900), a school history of the United States, and an elementary story of the revolutionary war, are devoted to studies, in a unified general manner, of separate yet related episodes in American history.
Mississippi is bounded N.
By Louisiana, from which it is separated by the Pearl River and by the Mississippi, and by Arkansas, from which also it is separated by the Mississippi.
Along the eastern border of this delta, and southward of it, along the Mississippi itself, extends a belt of hills or bluffs (sometimes called "cane-hills"), which is cut by deep ravines and, though very narrow in the north, has in the south an average width of about to m.
Pascagoula and Point aux Chenes bays; separated from it by the shallow and practically unnavigable Mississippi Sound is a chain of low, long and narrow sand islands, the largest of which are Petit Bois, Horn, Ship and Cat.
The principal rivers are: the Mississippi on the western border, and its tributaries, the Yazoo and the Big Black; the Pearl and Pascagoula, which drain much of the southern portion of the state and flow into the Gulf; and the Tombigbee, which drains most of the north-eastern portion.
The Pontotoc ridge separates the drainage system of the Mississippi from that of the Tombigbee; extending from the northeastern part of the state southward, this ridge divides in Choctaw county, the eastern branch separating the drainage basin in the Pascagoula from that of the Pearl, and the western branch separating the drainage basin of the Pearl from that of the Big Black and the Mississippi.
When this chain formed the Atlantic mountainborder of the continent excepting this north-eastern corner, Mississippi had not emerged from the waters of the ancient Gulf of Mexico.
Wherever stratification is observed in these formations in Mississippi, it shows a dip west and south of 20 or 30 ft.
There are four formations of Cretaceous strata in Mississippi, defined by lines having the same general direction as the one just described.
Deposits of the Tertiary period form the basis of more than half the state, extending from the border of the Cretaceous westward nearly to the Yazoo Delta and the Mississippi Bottom, and southward to within a few miles of the Gulf coast.
The Vicksburg formation lies next in order south-west, in a narrow strip of fairly regular width which alone of the Tertiary formations runs as far west as the Mississippi River; it is probably nowhere more than 110 ft.
Buffalo-fish, paddle-fish, cat-fish, drum, crappie, black bass, rock bass, German carp, sturgeon, pike, perch, eels, suckers and shrimp inhabit the waters of the Mississippi and its tributaries, and oysters, shrimp, trout, Spanish mackerel, channel bass, black bass, sheepshead, mullet, croakers, pompano, pin-fish, blue-fish, flounders, crabs and terrapin are obtained from the Mississippi Sound and the rivers flowing into it.
Mississippi is devoted largely to the cultivation of cotton.
Pine stumps and waste limbs are utilized, notably at Hattiesburg, for the manufacture of charcoal, tar, creosote, turpentine, &c. Fisheries Fishing is a minor industry, confined for the most part to the Mississippi Sound and neighbouring waters and to the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers.
Along the entire western border of the state the Mississippi River is navigable for river steamboats.
The first railway in Mississippi was completed from Vicksburg to Clinton in 1840, but the state had suffered severely from the panic of 1837, and in.1850 it had only 75 m.
The principal lines are the Illinois Central, the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley, the Southern, the Mobile & Ohio, the New Orleans & North-eastern, the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham, the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City, the Alabama & Vicksburg, and the Gulf & Ship Island.
Mississippi has taken a leading part in the movement to bring about the removal of the common law disabilities of married women, the first statute for that purpose having been passed in 1839.
The state insane hospital, opened at Jackson in 1856 (act of 1848), in time became overcrowded and the East Mississippi insane hospital was opened, 2 m.
Charters were granted to schools in Claiborne, Wilkinson and Amite counties in 1809-1815, and to Port Gibson Academy and Mississippi College, at Clinton, in 1826.
In violation of this pledge, and in the hope that a new bank would be more tractable than the Bank of Mississippi, the Planters' Bank was established at Natchez, in 1830, with a capital of $3,000,000, two-thirds of which was subscribed by the state.
In 1853 the High Court of Appeals and Errors of the state in the case of Mississippi v.
Mississippi suffered less than most of the other Southern states during the Reconstruction period; but expenditures rose from $463,219.71 in 1869 to $1,729,046.34 in 1871.
At the beginning of the 16th century the territory included in the present state of Mississippi was inhabited by three powerful native tribes: the Natchez in the south-west, the Choctaws in the south-east and centre, and the Chickasaws in the north.
In addition, there were the Yazoos in the Yazoo valley, the Pascagoulas, the Biloxis, and a few weaker tribes on the borders of the Mississippi Sound.
The history of Mississippi may be divided into the period of exploration (154 1699), the period of French rule (1699-1763), the period of English rule (1763-1781), the period of Spanish rule (1781-1798), the territorial period (1798-1817), and the period of statehood (1817 seq.).
Hernando de Soto and a body of Spanish adventurers crossed the Tombigbee river, in December 1540, near the present city of Columbus, marched through the north part of the state, and reached the Mississippi river near Memphis in 1541.
The Mississippi River Bike Trail is also right there.
Por Que No has two locations within Portland: 3524 N Mississippi Ave.and 4635 SE Hawthorns Blvd. http://www.porquenotacos.com/
Kayaking and riverboat rides on the Mississippi River are just a stroll away, as are overlooks, green ways, parks and a river bluff hiking and biking trail. "Duck" amphibious vehicle tours are also available.
King, blues music and the bluffs of the Mississippi River's connecting creeks, lakes and streams are the "B's" synonymous with Memphis.
Downtown Minneapolis is located right on the Mississippi River front.
Just upriver, the Chickasaw Bluffs trail offers eight miles of hiking along bluffs, swampland and the mighty Mississippi.
Of course, the Mississippi River is a major attraction, with biking, hiking, kayaking and canoeing on and around Mud Island.
The area has a copious amount of activities, including boating, fishing and water-skiing on its two rivers, the grand Mississippi and the Rock, and West Lake outside of Davenport.
Riverside Park has an aquatic center and a sports complex, Prospect Park houses the Quad City Music Guild and the Ben Butterworth Parkway, a four-mile trail following the scenic Mississippi River for running, walking or biking activities.
Whether you're ice climbing at Lilydale, cycling along the Mississippi, ice skating in Rice park, or canoeing one of the many lakes, you're bound to work up an appetite.
Coletta's South Parkway location is near the Mississippi River and serves traditional and specialty pizza, including the Original Barbecue Pizza.
In the southwest tip of Tennessee, on the Chickasaw Bluffs, the city overlooks the Mississippi River.
Spaghetti with meatballs is a wonderful entree if you need refueling after a few hours boating on the Mississippi River.
Minneapolis, Minnesota is located on the banks of the Mississippi River and has more than 20 lakes, making it a mecca for water sports enthusiasts.
Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350(601) 663-4110www.huddlehouse.com Firehouse Bar-B-Que Firehouse Bar-B-Que, a family owned restaurant, offers barbecue, chicken, steak and burgers.
Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350(601) 656-3478 Huddle House In 1964, Huddle House started as a place for friends to gather after Friday night football games.
Philadelphia, in central Mississippi, is home to Burnside Park and the Pearl River.
The city's location on the Mississippi River also provides for an excellent venue for those who like a side order of paddling along with their ribs.
Oxford is home to the University of Mississippi and this small town Indian surprise.
Mississippi is known for hot summers and mild winters, making it a great spot to be outside year around.
It doesn't get much deeper south than Mississippi, a haven for barbecue, fried chicken and fresh seafood from the coast.
Let the good times roll!" Broadway Oyster Bar Near Busch Stadium, the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi River Bike Trail sits a 150-year-old building with Cajun food and fun.
French heritage and the Mississippi River aren't the only things connecting St.
NEMinneapolis, MN 55418 (612) 781-3860www.gasthofzg.com/ Glockenspiel Just across the Mississippi in Saint Paul, Glockenspiel serves German favorites in a less celebratory atmosphere than Gasthof.
- Mississippi lies for the most part in the Mississippi embayment of the Gulf Coastal Plain.
Is it the source of the Nile, or the Niger, or the Mississippi, or a Northwest Passage around this continent, that we would find?
