Now, they were official emissaries of the United States government ... attracts the admiration of the new.” An 1863 map shows the Mississippi River from its junction with the Ohio River at ...

Transporting water from the Mississippi River basin, which drains roughly 40% of the continental United States, has always been a long shot that many say isn’t practical or remotely cost-effective.

An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United ...

The Mississippi, which flows over 2,000 miles, has a long history in the United States, from being the western border to then becoming the middle marker after the Louisiana Purchase. The river ...

Photos and satellite imagery from the central United States show how the region’s worst drought in at least a decade has pushed the Mississippi River and its tributaries to drop to record lows ...

Transporting water from the Mississippi River basin, which drains roughly 40% of the continental United States, has always been a long shot that many say isn’t practical or remotely cost-effective.

Transporting water from the Mississippi River basin, which drains roughly 40 percent of the continental United States, has always been a long shot that many say isn’t practical or remotely cost ...