Webwhile it's often celebrated for its rich cultural heritage and warm southern hospitality, mississippi has a somewhat limited diversity in its geological makeup. Webwith the exception of a few tracts recently acquired from the choctaw and the kaskaskia, the united states could not claim even the territory along the mississippi’s east bank. Webopened in 1907, lock and dam no. 2 was the first to straddle the mississippi river, bringing navigation some four miles farther upstream to minneapolis. Webalthough blacks outnumbered whites, the sharecropping system that replaced slavery helped ensure they remained poor and virtually locked out of any opportunity for land. Webin a new paper published in north american archaeologist, mehta, who worked for the state of mississippi when the site was first discovered, lays out how. Webthis engraving depicts hernando de soto’s discovery of the mississippi river at a point below natchez on may 8, 1541. Webone man decided he wanted to know and set about compiling photos and stories for a book on prehistoric artifacts. Johnson jr. , who lives in monroeville,.
