last chapter of the westward movement. The first British settlers in the New World stayed close to the Atlantic‚ their lifeline to needed supplies from England. Between the gold rush and the Civil War‚ Americans in growing numbers filled the Mississippi River valley‚ Texas‚ the southwest territories‚ and the new states of Kansas and Nebraska. During the war‚ gold and silver discoveries drew prospectors—and later settlers—into Oregon‚ Colorado‚ Nevada‚ Idaho‚ and Montana. Trappers and traders made
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Louisiana Purchase On April 30‚ 1803 the nation of France sold 828‚000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase. President Thomas Jefferson‚ in one of his greatest achievements‚ more than doubled the size of the United States at a time when the young nation’s population growth was beginning to quicken. The Louisiana Purchase was an incredible deal for the United States‚ the final cost totaling less
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did just that‚ the war was changed from that point forward. Victory by the Union at Vicksburg gained full control of the Mississippi River‚ split off the state of Texas from the rest of the South‚ and also ended any concern of an attack in the West. When the South seceded from the Union they took the most profitable natural factor with them‚ the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River was very important to each side because it allowed the trading of goods and supplies all around the nation‚ and around
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country is the Mississippi River System. The Mississippi is one of the world’s great continental rivers. Its waters are gathered from two-thirds of the United States and‚ together with the Missouri (its chief western branch)‚ the Mississippi flows some 6‚400 kilometres from its northern sources in the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico‚ which makes it one of the world’s longest waterways. It is a swift and wide river‚ and navigable almost throughout its entire length. The Mississippi has been called
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American Ambassador Robert Livingston and James Monroe assisted in the negotiations to purchase the entire Louisiana Territory. The new territory runs West of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains‚ stretching from the Gulf of Mexico North to Canada doubling the United States territory. President Thomas Jefferson stated the Mississippi River will be critical for American commerce. Jefferson is calling it “an ample provision for our posterity and wide spread field for blessings of freedom.” The
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RIVERS: Lake Pontchartrain and The Mississippi River. Lake Pontchartrain is Oval in shape‚ and to the north and the Gulf of Mexico to the south further enhances the city’s stature as a hub of travel‚ trade and recreation. The Mississippi River length is a difficult measurement to pin down because the river channel is constantly changing ‚ but says that the Mississippi is 2‚552 miles long‚ and between 20 and 30 feet wide . At the headwaters‚ the Mississippi is less than 3 feet deep‚ but the rivers
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Cited: Moody‚ Anne. Coming of Age in Mississippi. New York: Bantam Dell‚ 1968.
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French missionary‚ was sent on a mission to Canada in 1666. Substituting Father Allouez at Chequamegon Bay in 1669‚ Marquette went ahead to construct the St. Ignace mission in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan‚ in 1671 before the exploration of the Mississippi with Louis Joliet in 1673. At the beginning of the journey in the Great Lakes and reports from Native Americans showed the probability that an awesome river depleted either west or south of the area. These stories kept on encouraging the trust
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harm to the lakes and rivers it lives in. The newest carp invaders‚ seem to be causing trouble in the Mississippi River and surrounding waters. Introduced to the U.S. in the 1970’s to control weed and parasite growth in aquatic farms‚ common carp eventually managed to get into the Mississippi River and establish breeding populations. Common carp are slowly making their way up the Mississippi River and its tributaries and have Asian carp cause serious damage to the native fish populations in the
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and a deep interest in the natural sciences. As a young man he undertook a series of adventures through the Mississippi River valley. In 1855‚ he spent four months walking across Wisconsin. During 1856‚ he rowed the Mississippi from St. Anthony‚ Minnesota‚ to the sea. In 1857‚ he rowed down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to St. Louis; and in 1858 down the Illinois River‚ then up the Mississippi and the Des Moines River to central Iowa. At age 25 he was elected to the Illinois Natural History Society
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