What happens when dozens of canoe teams tackle a 450-mile race down the Mississippi River in 1949? Read and find out.

As waters recede along small streams and secondary rivers, flooding is just getting underway along the largest rivers and ...

Though his etymology was off—the Ojibwe words that gave us Mississippi (Misi-ziibi) actually mean “long river”—the idea has proven durable. “Ol’ Man River” buoyed Show Boat ...