Brad Winn, site superintendent since 2001, has helped the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site attract 100,000 visitors each ...

One of three final potential bridge locations, referred to as E-11-IV, would run through Plaquemine Point, which contains the ...

Food, fuel and fiber require vast quantities of water to sustain current production techniques. And Texas is running dry.

Few words distressed navigators more than “the bar” — referring to the sandbar that regularly obstructed the mouth of the ...

Today's guest botanist Rick McCourt tells the story of Lewis and Clark's collection of plant samples that went on a wild ...

President Thomas Jefferson engineered the purchase of Louisiana from the French (800,000 square miles for 15 million dollars) ...

You've probably heard stories of poker's gritty past, where smoky saloons and riverboat tables witnessed the birth of a ...

The Pere Marquette Lodge, located at 13653 Lodge Blvd. in Grafton, will host a watercolor paint workshop at noon on Sunday, March 23. Artist and teacher, Carolyn Owen Sommer, will guide participants ...

ALEXANDRIA, Mo. — Clark County, Mo., is moving forward with plans to construct a new port on the Mississippi River, following a feasibility study that identified Alexandria as a favorable location.

Iowa's state and county parks, unique museums, natural attractions, historical sites, and rolling hills along the Mississippi ...

“Everything that has to do with the river affects Vicksburg,” said Mayor George Flaggs Jr., co-chair of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI), a nonprofit organization ...