Top 14. Best Tourist Attractions in Vicksburg - Mississippi
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Top 14. Best Tourist Attractions in Vicksburg - Mississippi: Vicksburg National Military Park, U.S.S. Cairo Museum, Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg Riverfront Murals, Old Courthouse, Lower Mississippi River Museum and Interpretive Center, Vicksburg National Monument, Old Court House Museum, The Old Depot Museum, Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum, Anchuca Mansion, McRaven House, Warren County Welcome Center, Catfish Row Children's Art Park
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg is a city in and county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is located 234 miles northwest of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, and 40 miles due west of Jackson, the state capital. It is located on the Mississippi River across from the state of Louisiana. Its southern border is formed by the Yazoo River.
The city has increased in population since 1900, when 14,834 people lived here. The population was 26,407 at the 2000 census. In 2010, it was designated as the principal city of a Micropolitan Statistical Area with a total population of 49,644. This MSA includes all of Warren County.
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Old Court House Museum Vicksburg Mississippi
Old Court House Museum Vicksburg Mississippi • 07-01-2018
Some awesome history at this museum. It's worth the stop and spend an hour or two. And some great folks running the place.
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Mississippi
Mississippi i/ˌmɪsɨˈsɪpi/ is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city with 175,437 people in 2012 up 1.1% from the 2010 U.S. Census with 173,514. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi . Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and the 31st most populous of the 50 United States. The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, which was cleared for cotton cultivation in the 19th century. Today, its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. The state symbol is the Magnolia grandiflora tree. The state's flower is the Magnolia and the state bird is the Mockingbird. Mississippi has the lowest median household income, making it the poorest state in the nation.
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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. A good portion of the work also deals with his post-war visit to the old haunts.
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00:03:09 1 Etymology
00:03:29 2 Geography
00:05:59 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:06:42 2.2 Climate
00:09:09 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:11:37 2.4 Ecological problems
00:11:46 2.4.1 Flooding
00:15:43 3 History
00:17:32 3.1 Colonial era
00:20:02 3.2 United States territory
00:22:33 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:25:19 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:31:36 3.5 20th century to present
00:40:47 4 Demographics
00:44:36 4.1 Ancestry
00:48:39 4.2 Language
00:49:25 4.3 Religion
00:52:25 4.4 Birth data
00:52:53 4.5 LGBT
00:54:10 5 Health
00:56:30 6 Economy
01:02:19 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:04:04 6.2 Manufacturing
01:04:28 6.3 Taxation
01:06:09 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:07:35 7 Politics and government
01:08:35 7.1 Laws
01:09:44 8 Political alignment
01:10:41 9 Transportation
01:10:50 9.1 Air
01:11:09 9.2 Roads
01:11:32 9.3 Rail
01:11:40 9.3.1 Passenger
01:12:06 9.3.2 Freight
01:12:50 9.4 Water
01:12:58 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:13:18 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:14:57 10 Media
01:15:06 11 Education
01:20:39 12 Culture
01:21:29 12.1 Music
01:23:40 12.2 Literature
01:23:48 12.3 Sports
01:24:34 13 Notable people
01:24:43 14 See also
01:25:00 15 Footnotes
01:25:09 16 Further reading
01:25:27 17 External links
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the po ...
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 32nd most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African Americans, the highest percentage of African Americans in any U.S. state. Since regaining enforcement of their voting rights in the late 1960s, most African Americans have supported Democratic candidates in local, state and national elections. Conservative whites have shifted to the Republican Party. African Americans are a majority in many counties of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, an area of historic slave settlement during the plantation era.
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00:03:24 1 Etymology
00:03:46 2 Geography
00:06:28 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:07:15 2.2 Climate
00:09:56 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:12:36 2.4 Ecological problems
00:12:45 2.4.1 Flooding
00:17:00 3 History
00:18:58 3.1 Colonial era
00:21:38 3.2 United States territory
00:24:22 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:27:21 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:34:10 3.5 20th century to present
00:44:08 4 Demographics
00:48:20 4.1 Ancestry
00:52:42 4.2 Language
00:53:31 4.3 Religion
00:56:47 4.4 Birth data
00:57:16 4.5 LGBT
00:58:40 5 Health
01:01:12 6 Economy
01:07:26 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:09:21 6.2 Manufacturing
01:09:47 6.3 Taxation
01:11:38 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:13:10 7 Politics and government
01:14:15 7.1 Laws
01:15:29 8 Political alignment
01:16:31 9 Transportation
01:16:41 9.1 Air
01:17:01 9.2 Roads
01:17:26 9.3 Rail
01:17:35 9.3.1 Passenger
01:18:02 9.3.2 Freight
01:18:50 9.4 Water
01:18:59 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:19:20 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:21:07 10 Media
01:21:16 11 Education
01:27:18 12 Culture
01:28:12 12.1 Music
01:30:33 12.2 Literature
01:30:42 12.3 Sports
01:31:32 13 Notable people
01:31:41 14 See also
01:31:59 15 Footnotes
01:32:09 16 Further reading
01:32:28 17 External links
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to ...
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Mississippi
00:03:08 1 Etymology
00:03:28 2 Geography
00:05:58 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:06:41 2.2 Climate
00:09:07 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:11:34 2.4 Ecological problems
00:11:44 2.4.1 Flooding
00:15:40 3 History
00:17:29 3.1 Colonial era
00:19:57 3.2 United States territory
00:22:27 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:25:13 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:31:27 3.5 20th century to present
00:40:36 4 Demographics
00:44:24 4.1 Ancestry
00:48:26 4.2 Language
00:49:11 4.3 Religion
00:52:11 4.4 Birth data
00:52:38 4.5 LGBT
00:53:56 5 Health
00:56:15 6 Economy
01:02:03 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:03:48 6.2 Manufacturing
01:04:12 6.3 Taxation
01:05:52 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:07:18 7 Politics and government
01:08:18 7.1 Laws
01:09:26 8 Political alignment
01:10:23 9 Transportation
01:10:32 9.1 Air
01:10:51 9.2 Roads
01:11:15 9.3 Rail
01:11:23 9.3.1 Passenger
01:11:48 9.3.2 Freight
01:12:32 9.4 Water
01:12:40 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:13:00 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:14:39 10 Media
01:14:47 11 Education
01:20:19 12 Culture
01:21:09 12.1 Music
01:23:19 12.2 Literature
01:23:27 12.3 Sports
01:24:13 13 Notable people
01:24:22 14 See also
01:24:39 15 Footnotes
01:24:48 16 Further reading
01:25:05 17 External links
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African ...
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Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- learn while on the move
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 32nd most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African Americans, the highest percentage of African Americans in any U.S. state. Since regaining enforcement of their voting rights in the late 1960s, most African Americans have supported Democratic candidates in local, state and national elections. Conservative whites have shifted to the Republican Party. African Americans are a majority in many counties of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, an area of historic slave settlement during the plantation era.
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Mississippi
00:03:09 1 Etymology
00:03:29 2 Geography
00:05:59 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:06:42 2.2 Climate
00:09:09 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:11:37 2.4 Ecological problems
00:11:46 2.4.1 Flooding
00:15:43 3 History
00:17:32 3.1 Colonial era
00:20:02 3.2 United States territory
00:22:33 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:25:19 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:31:36 3.5 20th century to present
00:40:47 4 Demographics
00:44:36 4.1 Ancestry
00:48:39 4.2 Language
00:49:25 4.3 Religion
00:52:25 4.4 Birth data
00:52:53 4.5 LGBT
00:54:10 5 Health
00:56:30 6 Economy
01:02:19 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:04:04 6.2 Manufacturing
01:04:28 6.3 Taxation
01:06:09 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:07:35 7 Politics and government
01:08:35 7.1 Laws
01:09:44 8 Political alignment
01:10:41 9 Transportation
01:10:50 9.1 Air
01:11:09 9.2 Roads
01:11:32 9.3 Rail
01:11:40 9.3.1 Passenger
01:12:06 9.3.2 Freight
01:12:50 9.4 Water
01:12:58 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:13:18 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:14:57 10 Media
01:15:06 11 Education
01:20:39 12 Culture
01:21:29 12.1 Music
01:23:40 12.2 Literature
01:23:48 12.3 Sports
01:24:34 13 Notable people
01:24:43 14 See also
01:25:00 15 Footnotes
01:25:09 16 Further reading
01:25:27 17 External links
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- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African ...