A group of kayakers paddle along River Drive along the HESCO sand barriers protecting downtown from the rising Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/gallery-the-best-photos-from-around-the-world-20230430-h2bk43.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world

All concerts are held on alternating Sundays at 3:00 p.m. near the Gazebo in Munsinger Gardens on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Source: https://1390granitecitysports.com/the-weekender-big-events-in-waite-park-and-sartell-this-weekend/

A pair of runners jog along the Riverfront trail as the Mississippi River rises onto the pedestrian trail, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/rising-mississippi-river-continuing-to-test-flood-defenses/article_341ad8c5-e59e-563e-8b2d-a16d4ef20cee.html

A thousand miles to the southwest, Union forces were preparing to lay siege to Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/columnists/robert-price/robert-price-160-years-ago-a-culture-defining-atrocity-on-the-kern-river/article_7a4eecf6-dbb5-11ed-9a2d-eb9986e5ccfe.html

At St. Louis, the Mississippi River welcomes the Missouri River which has just drained most of America’s plains regions and some of the Northwest.

Source: https://countryfolks.com/iowa-rest-stop-sign-grades-states-soil-health/

A Yorkville, Illinois man who may have helped set a canoeing world record on the Mississippi River.

Source: https://abc7chicago.com/the-mississippi-river-canoe-record-guiness-book-of-world-records/13327609/

Before there was a city called New Orleans, there was a landmass that stretched from Bayou Saint John to the mouth of the Mississippi River with an elevated passageway running through it.

Source: https://kpel965.com/ixp/149/p/louisiana-is-home-to-one-of-the-oldest-roads-in-american-history/

Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul also is a beauty, but it's located in the Mississippi River bottoms, so may be icy or muddy.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/get-outside-now-and-here/600265840/

High on a limestone bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, two painted monsters stared down at the Frenchmen below.

Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-dickson-mounds-museum

In parts of Plaquemines Parish, the southeast corner of Louisiana encompasses the final stretch of the Mississippi River before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico, residents have relied on bottled water for cooking and drinking since June.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ap-joe-biden-mississippi-river-baton-rouge-gulf-of-mexico-b2420251.html

It started for him growing up west of the Mississippi River, back when radio signals were strong enough to clearly listen to Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons on KSFO out of San Francisco while living in Arizona or Hawaii.

Source: https://www.fairborndailyherald.com/2023/06/30/column-quiz-game-helps-recall-fun-memories/

Known as "one of the Midwest’s best-known natural playgrounds", Lake Pepin is the largest lake on the Mississippi River so it naturally has an abundance of plant life and animals.

Source: https://1390granitecitysports.com/ixp/150/p/these-are-the-four-most-snake-infested-lakes-in-minnesota/

Louisiana, like almost all of the Mississippi River Valley is facing another day of extreme heat.

Source: https://kpel965.com/ixp/33/p/whats-the-best-thermostat-setting-to-beat-the-louisiana-heat/

“Mayor Carter wants to raise a 1 percent sales tax to build a Mississippi River balcony along the southern edge of downtown.

Source: https://www.twincities.com/2023/08/20/st-paul-mayor-melvin-carter-wants-a-new-sales-tax-to-fund-road-reconstruction-how-much-does-st-paul-already-spend-on-roads-anyway/

More than 2,000 homes were damages or destroyed in the Delta areas not far from the Mississippi River.

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2023/03/27/713834.htm

Murder charges laid after woman's body found in Mississippi River in Pakenham, Ont.

Source: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-man-caught-smuggling-3m-in-cocaine-into-canada-cbsa-1.6694210

My partner and I met a few months earlier and he was from this southern state that sits at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Source: https://www.eptrail.com/2023/02/21/fylying-penguins/

Nationally, Wendt said more attention is needed for the role the Mississippi River plays in carrying plastic and trash.

Source: https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/12/mississippi-river-trash-litter-midwest-gulf-of-mexico/

One quick hop over the Mississippi River later, I’m stocked on greens for weeks.

Source: https://littlevillagemag.com/lv-recommends-front-street-pub-eatery/

Our big swing to the far western edge of Kentucky also serves as a reminder that there are crazy awesome views of the Mississippi River from the Commonwealth, as well.

Source: https://newstalk1280.com/ixp/76/p/beautiful-scenic-ky-views/