14 Fun Facts About the Mississippi River: A 15-Minute BookCaitlind L. Alexander
State Area Codes:228, 601, 662, 769 Fun Facts About Mississippi Nickname:Magnolia State Origin of name:From an Ojibwe word meaning "Great River," sometimes rendered "Father of Waters Motto:"Virtute et armis" (By valor and arms) Slogan:"Feels Like Coming Home" State symbols Flower:Magnolia ...
A close scrutiny of Mississippi River facts will reveal how this North American body of water got its name. Credit for naming the Mississippi goes to the Native Americans, specifically the Anishinabe, also known as the Ojibwe Indians. These early settlers at the basin of the Mississippi called ...
The Mississippi River ends at A. the Mediterranean Sea B. the East Chin a Sea C. the Gulf of Mexico D. the Arctic Ocean4. According to the passage, how many rivers are there in the world over 1,000 miles long? A. 10. B.76. C.4. D.35.5. What is the last paragraph mainly ...
And, I find it rather funny that I’ve learned facts about a river that is in my country from someone who lives in another country! (I was surprised that at its narrowest point that the Mississippi River is only 20-30 feet wide.) Thanks so much for sharing this at our Party in ...
Mississippi Fun Facts The state of Mississippi was named for the Mississippi River, whose name comes from the Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word "misi-ziibi," meaning "great river." On April 25, 1866, women in Columbus decorated the graves of both the Confederate and Union soldiers in Friendship...
Even though I had visited my daughter numerous times in Minneapolis, I learned many fun facts about the Twin Cities. We had a nice cruise down the Mississippi and then returned to the bus to eat lunch in St. Paul. After that we toured downtown Minneapolis and had a stop at the Guthrie...
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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
Between World Wars I and II, the state saw an agricultural crisis in the 1920s, the terrible Mississippi River flood of 1927, the Great Crisis of the 1930s, the implementation of farm-production limits, and the start of modern industrialization. Over the next several decades, a succession ...