State 357 1.9% The Chippewa Herald, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 357 1.9% Delphos Daily Herald, Ohio 357 1.9% Boone News-Republican, Iowa 361 1.8% The Daily Clay County Advocate-Press, Flora, Illinois 361 1.8% The Express, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 361 1.8% Bedford Gazette, Pennsylvania 364 1.6...
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 Cemetery. This gestu...