The Mississippi River is by far, the mightiest river in America.
Wow 😮, 2320 mi, that’s much more than half the distance across entire United States. When I hear Mississippi River, first thing running through my mind is western movies. Of course most of them were watched in my childhood, but it stays in the back of my mind forever.
The lower river historically changes it’s course about every 500 years.
I guess that’s history, that’s past since it’s being manipulated by man. The deepest part of Mississippi at 200 feet is really surprising and it says about this river being the mighty of all. Great to find out another interesting information about US’s rivers and their history.
I have the same sorts of memories, and the truth is, the river had almost nothing to do with 'Western' culture except to hold some of the flood of humanity back. But it was such a big deal to cross it that it was included in a lot of Western scripts. It truly is an impressive river.