You’ll find the Mississippi at its narrowest point at its headwaters in Lake Itasca, where it’s between 20 and 30 feet. The river’s widest point is only about 50 miles east, at Lake ...

Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi Native Americans told the first European explorers to expect the Mississippi River to flood every ... in engineering was at West Point, and only the very ...

A quick tip is to keep up with the Mississippi River, which comprises much of Memphis ... a ride on the old-fashioned trolley. To the east of Downtown Memphis is Midtown. At the heart of Midtown ...