Gulf Coast RegionTEL - 228-374-5547 Ext 1202Read More Old Mountain Arboretum Old Mountain Arboretum is a unique Mississippi living museum on 120 privately owned acres. Its diverse plants, trees, and native wildlife, picturesque views, shaded hiking and nature trails for visitors to explore nature...
Mississippi is one of the largest producers of cotton, soybeans, and rice in the country. The state is also a major producer of poultry, catfish, and timber. Manufacturing is important as well, with the state being home to several automobile manufacturing plants, including Nissan and Toyota. ...
theGulf Coastand the Mississippi River. Casinos have since opened at various locations along the coast and in Natchez, Vicksburg, and Tunica county, which is one of the largest gaming markets in theUnited States. TheMississippi BandofChoctawIndians also operates a casino on tribal lands near the...
Elevated water levels were attributed to dieback of Phragmites in Europe12,63, several native marsh plant species in the southeastern United States56,64, and mangroves on the Indo-Malayan coast65. Our data show that high river discharge and marsh inundation in the BFD induces an immediate short...
beans and squash; plus, they gathered edible and medicinal plants—berries, nuts, roots and tubers. In the fall, they would travel to harvest wild rice along the lakes. After the ricing season, it was time for the men to hunt deer and to stock up food for the winter and return to ...
and crabs. Thirty-eight seafood processing plants are situated along the Gulf Coast, with 11 in Biloxi. Building boats and producing boat paraphernalia are also big businesses in the area. Ingalls Shipbuilding, based 20 miles east of Biloxi in Pascagoula, employs approximately 10,000 workers, more...
Three major groups of Native Americans lived in the Mississippi region when European exploration of the area began. The Chickasaw lived in the north and east, the Choctaw in the central part, and the Natchez in the southwest. First explored for Spain by Hernando De Soto, who discovered the...
now found on the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi River. More than 30,000 now work in this new industry. Money spent in tourism doubled between 1990 and 1994. However, many high school and college graduates leave Mississippi to find better jobs. State leaders are still striving to attract ind...
Mississippi River - Exploration, Trade, Navigation: As its respectful Indian name indicates, the Mississippi played an important role in the lives of the aboriginal peoples settled on its banks. To the Native American peoples of the river, the Mississipp
Mississippi, constituent state of the U.S. Its name derives from a Native American word meaning ‘great waters’ or ‘father of waters,’ which it shares with the Mississippi River, the longest river in the country. Mississippi became the 20th state of t