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On its 2,300-mile course from its source in Minnesota, this river flows through or borders 10 states the Mississippi $400 DJ AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS 2025-04-28 #9321
Minneapolis lies on this river near its confluence with the Minnesota River the Mississippi $200 J LAKES & RIVERS 2024-07-12 #9145
Old Vicksburg Bridge the Mississippi $800 DJ BRIDGE ON THE RIVER 2023-11-16 #8974
Darned van broke down for good on River Road in Baton Rouge, beside this river the Mississippi $600 J A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER 2023-10-11 #8948
The Black Hawk Bridge & the Old Vicksburg Bridge are 2 of the many ways to get across this river the Mississippi $400 DJ MANY RIVERS TO CROSS 2023-01-05 #8779
Its name derived from words for "truth" & "head", Lake Itasca is the head or starting point for this river the Mississippi $400 J STATELY RIVERS 2022-06-17 #8665
Residents of Memphis had to watch out for water moccasins when this river flooded in 2011 the Mississippi $800 DJ SNAKES & RIVERS 2021-12-01 #8523
The Gateway Arch, Beale Street Landing the Mississippi $400 DJ ON THE RIVER 2021-05-24 #8406
Boats can travel up the Arkansas River from its mouth at this other river to Tulsa, Oklahoma the Mississippi $2,000 DJ UP THE RIVER 2020-03-30 #8191
In an 1884 novel Jim is held as an escaped slave after rafting down this river the Mississippi $800 DJ THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER) 2019-11-21 #8099
Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam in Minnesota & Melvin Price Locks & Dam in Illinois the Mississippi $400 J DAM THAT RIVER! 2019-10-25 #8080
Not counting any tributaries, this U.S. river with a name that's fun to spell runs for 2,340 miles Mississippi $400 DJ A MIGHTY LONG-NAMED RIVER 2017-12-22 #7660
Old Vicksburg Bridge the Mississippi $1,200 DJ BRIDGE ON THE RIVER 2016-03-03 #7249
To beat your feet on its mud, visit places on its bank like Davenport, Iowa the Mississippi $600 J RIVER BANK ON IT 2015-04-15 #7048
St. Louis' Martin Luther King Bridge & New Orleans' Huey P. Long Bridge the Mississippi $1,200 DJ BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER... 2014-07-24 #6889
Darned van broke down for good on River Road in Baton Rouge, beside this river the Mississippi $600 J A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER 2012-09-27 #6444
For some 2,300 miles, this "Ol' Man River" just keeps rollin' along the Mississippi $200 J STATELY RIVERS 2011-09-20 #6207
As the central river artery, thisis one of the world's busiest waterways the Mississippi $200 J RIVERS 2011-07-28 #6204
This river's widest point, 3 1/2 miles, is just north of Clinton, Iowa the Mississippi $200 J U.S. RIVERS 2007-06-12 #5252
In an 1883 book, Mark Twain described this river as "rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun" the Mississippi $400 DJ AMERICAN RIVERS 2006-07-04 #5037
The Falls of Saint Anthony stop this mighty river from being navigable north of St. Paul, Minnesota the Mississippi $1,600 DJ U.S. RIVERS 2004-05-07 #4540
It's referred to in the song heard here"Old man river /He just keeps rolling /Along" the Mississippi $400 J U.S. BODIES OF WATER 2002-05-09 #4084
The Huey P. Long Bridge Mississippi $600 DJ BRIDGE ON THE RIVER... 2000-10-30 #3716
Memphis &Minneapolis Mississippi $200 DJ A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT 2000-01-20 #3544
Most of the area between the Rockies & the Appalachians, 1,250,000 square miles, is drained by this river the Mississippi $200 DJ U.S. RIVERS 1996-11-01 #2800
Kentucky's lowest point, 257', is in Fulton County on this river in the west of the state the Mississippi $400 DJ BODIES OF WATER 1996-10-02 #2778
In 1832 Henry Schoolcraft identified Lake Itasca in Minnesota as this river's source the Mississippi $200 J U.S. RIVERS 1995-11-28 #2587
The Ohio River contributes more water to this river, which it joins in Illinois, than any other tributary the Mississippi $100 J U.S. BODIES OF WATER 1995-06-30 #2510
It's the largest river that empties into the Gulf of Mexico the Mississippi $200 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 1995-03-13 #2431
This river's drainage basin covers all or part of 31 states the Mississippi $200 DJ RIVER BASINS 1995-01-17 #2392
This river flows through the center of Minneapolis-St. Paul the Mississippi $300 J BODIES OF WATER 1994-09-28 #2313
The Big Black & Red Rivers flow into this mighty one the Mississippi $200 J U.S. RIVERS 1994-06-07 #2262
The Ohio joins it at Cairo, Illinois & doubles its water volume the Mississippi $200 DJ BODIES OF WATER 1991-12-18 #1683
State in which you'll find the Chicasawhay, Pascagoula & Yazoo Rivers Mississippi $400 DJ AMERICAN RIVERS 1987-04-23 #619
Title of the followingis a nickname for this river:"Ol' man river / Dat ol' man river / He mus' know sumpin' / But don't say nuthin' / He jes' keeps rollin'..." the Mississippi DD $300 J LAKES & RIVERS 1987-02-17 #572
Alexandria, Herculaneum & Memphis can be found on banks of this 2348-mile-long river Mississippi FJ LAKES & RIVERS 1987-02-06 #565
The Robert E. Lee beat the Natchez in a famous 1870 steamboat race on this river the Mississippi $200 DJ RIVERS 1987-01-14 #548
Longest U.S. river to share its name with a state Mississippi $200 J AMERICAN RIVERS 1986-12-03 #518
River the Indians called “the Father of Waters” the Mississippi $300 J LAKES & RIVERS 1984-10-12 #25
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