Mississippi River Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
largest river system in North America
About Mississippi River
The Mississippi has a long-established place in US history, which spans years of slavery and hardship, civil war, the mechanisation of thesteamboatera and the rush to extend colonisation westward. At the time of US secession from theBritish Empire, the Treaty of Paris (1783) defined the river to be the western boundary of the nascent United States; conflicts withSpanishinterests over control of river navigation continued after US independence. For years before the advent of motorised road and rail travel, the river was a vital transport route in the south and the west. In the era of slavery and theUnderground Railroad, being "sold down the river" by a master was bad news; the further one descended the Mississippi intoConfederate territory, the worse conditions became.Literary travellerswil
Mississippi River Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 6 sections including: