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 Visitor Center along the Mississippi River
Vicksburg Mississippi Visitor Center along the Mississippi River
Vicksburg is a historic American city, located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana.
Originally built by French colonists in 1719, the outpost withstood an attack from the native Natchez people. It was incorporated as Vicksburg in 1825 after Methodist missionary Newitt Vick. In the American Civil War, it was a key Confederate river-port, and its surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in July 1863 marked the turning-point of the war. Vicksburg then had a troubled history of racial conflict, well into the 20th century. The city is home to three large installations of the US Army Corps of Engineers, which has often been involved in local flood control.
Vicksburg is the county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, with a population of 26,407 at the 2000 census.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers diverted the Yazoo River in 1903 into the old, shallowing channel to revive the waterfront of Vicksburg. The port city was able to receive steamboats again, but much freight and passenger traffic had moved to railroads, which had become more competitive.
Railroad access to the west across the river continued to be by transfer steamers and ferry barges until a combination railroad-highway bridge was built in 1929. After 1973, Interstate 20 bridged the river. Freight rail traffic still crosses by the old bridge. North-south transportation links are by the Mississippi River and U.S. Highway 61. Vicksburg has the only crossing over the Mississippi River between Greenville and Natchez, and the only interstate highway crossing of the river between Baton Rouge and Memphis.
During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, in which hundreds of thousands of acres were inundated, Vicksburg served as the primary gathering point for refugees. Relief parties put up temporary housing, as the flood submerged a large percentage of the Mississippi Delta.
Because of the overwhelming damage from the flood, the US Army Corps of Engineers established the Waterways Experiment Station as the primary hydraulics laboratory, to develop protection of important croplands and cities. Now known as the Engineer Research and Development Center, it applies military engineering, information technology, environmental engineering, hydraulic engineering, and geotechnical engineering to problems of flood control and river navigation.
In December 1953, a severe tornado swept across Vicksburg, causing 38 deaths and destroying nearly 1,000 buildings.
In 2001, a group of Vicksburg residents visited the Paducah, Kentucky, mural project, looking for ideas for their own community development.[23] In 2002, the Vicksburg Riverfront murals program was begun by Louisiana mural artist Robert Dafford and his team on the floodwall located on the waterfront in downtown.[24] Subjects for the murals were drawn from the history of Vicksburg and the surrounding area. They include President Theodore Roosevelt's bear hunt, the Sultana, the Sprague, the Siege of Vicksburg, the Kings Crossing site, Willie Dixon, the Flood of 1927, the 1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado outbreak, Rosa A. Temple High School (known for integration activism) and the Vicksburg National Military Park.[25] The project was finished in 2009 with the completion of the Jitney Jungle/Glass Kitchen mural.[24]
In the fall of 2010, a new 55-foot mural was painted on a section of wall on Grove Hill across the street from the original project by former Dafford muralists Benny Graeff and Herb Roe. The mural's subject is the annual Run thru History held in the Vicksburg National Military Park.
Take a Minute in History: Old Warren County Court House-Vicksburg, Mississippi
Enjoy a minute enjoying this Civil War Landmark and Historical treasurer.
Mississippi Welcome Center Interstate 10
A beautiful sunny day in January at the Welcome Center with a huge lawn, no wind to speak of, I just couldn't resist. Put the Go Pro in the nose of my new FX61 and tossed her into the bright blue sky.
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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Adventure in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Delta blues and country tunes, outdoor fun and games galore, theater, shopping, sunsets and more. Welcome to Vicksburg.
Casinos on the Mississippi River - VIDEO PREVIEW (Vicksburg, MS)
Checking out some of the Casinos on the Mississippi River in Vicksburg, MS
Lady Luck Casino & Hotel Vicksburg
Ameristar Casino Vicksburg
Riverwalk Casino and Hotel
WaterView Casino & Hotel (Formerly Isle of Capri and DiamondJacks)
Vicksburg is the only city in, and county seat of, Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is located 234 miles (377 km) northwest of New Orleans at the confluence of the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, and 40 miles (64 km) due west of Jackson, the state capital. It is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from the state of Louisiana.
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 (MSA) with a total population of 49,644. This MSA includes all of Warren County.
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Guided Bus Tour of Vicksburg National Military Park
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This video gives a brief overview of the Battle of Vicksburg by guided bus tour through the Vicksburg National Military Park.
Vicksburg Courthouse Museum
Vicksburg Courthouse Museum
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Visitors to Vicksburg National Military Park now have the best of both worlds with the innovative GPS Ranger and one of the country's most knowledgeable historians on the Civil War, narrating the tour, Park Ranger Terrence Winschel. Bar Z Adventures, the leading provider of hand-held Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology, announced today the introduction of the GPS Ranger to visitors at Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg is the first historic Civil War location to offer the GPS Ranger—a hand-held multimedia touring device—to visitors.
Mississippi Blues Hwy 61 N - Vicksburg to Memphis Timelapse
The full, uncut but time lapsed video of the infamous Hwy 61 N from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Memphis Tennessee.. Join me as I drive through the delta and go through the following towns:
Valley Park, Onward, Carey, Rolling Fork, Nitta Yuma, Hollandale, Arcola, Leland, Shaw, Cleveland, Merigold, Shelby, Duncan, Bobo, Clarksdale, Coahoma, Lula, Dundee, Tunica, Walls & more.
US 61 is divided from the Tennessee state line to US 82 in Leland. The highway south of Vicksburg to Natchez is mostly divided and four-lane; only short sections through Port Gibson need to be upgraded.
From Natchez to the Louisiana state line, US 61 is now divided and four lanes. The Mississippi Department of Transportation is now upgrading the highway between Vicksburg and Leland to four lanes, beginning with replacement of the Yazoo River bridge at Redwood in Warren County.
The road is also known as the Blues Highway because it runs through the Mississippi Delta country, which was an important source of blues music. Highway 61 has been referenced in music by various artists with roots in the region.
The junction of US 61 and US 49 in Clarksdale is designated as the famous crossroads where, according to legend, Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for mastery of the blues. It was on this stretch of highway that blues singer Bessie Smith died as a result of a car accident on September 26, 1937.
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Weekend Entertainment - Kayak the Mississippi River - Vicksburg Mississippi Entertainment
Looking for weekend entertainment? Look no further, because Vicksburg, Mississippi has it all. Browse art galleries and museums, cruise scenic back roads, try your luck in a casino, catch a concert or live performance and even kayak the Mississippi River! Explore vicksburg.com for more weekday or weekend entertainment options.
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I happen to be going to break when I saw this paddle boat heading down river.
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2014 VNMP LBG Seminar Session #3: Settlement & Economy
Ranger David Slay gives a presentation on Settlement & Economy at Vicksburg National Military Park's Licensed Battlefield Guide Seminar, Session #3, held at the park's Visitor Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi on February 18, 2014.
I. Settlement
a. First Peoples
1. Mississippians: Mound Builders
2. Historic Era: Tunica, Yazoo, Koroa, Ofo
3. Fort St. Pierre
b. Explorers
1. Hernando De Soto, 1541
2. Louis Joliet and Jacques Marguette, 1673
3. Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, 1682 claims entire valley for France
4. Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville, founded New Orleans in 1718
5. Treaty of Paris, 1763 gave Great Britain all land east of the Mississippi and Spain to the west.
6. Treaty of Paris, 1783, gave US land east of the Mississippi.
7. Louisiana Purchase, 1803
c. Settlers
1. Spanish: Fort Nogales 1790 (Walnut Hills) Renamed Fort McHenry 1798
2. First Europeans settlers in southern Warren County along the Loosa Chitta (Big Black) River in the 1770s.
3. April 7, 1798, the United States Congress created the Mississippi Territory out of the land ceded by Spain in the Treaty of San Lorenzo.
4. Newitt Vick
II. Economy
a. Invention of Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney in 1793
1. Sea Island cotton is not viable in interior. Cotton gin makes short staple cotton profitable.
2. Profitable cotton production makes slavery more economically viable in region.
3. Slavery booms.
b. Transportation Revolution
1. Steamboats
a. Robert Fulton builds the Clermont in 1807
b. First steamboat on the Mississippi the New Orleans in 1811owned by Teddy Roosevelt's grandfather.
c. In 1820 the Mississippi River fleet rose to 69, in 1836 to 381, and by 1850 to 740
d. 1824 Congress passes an Act to Improve the Navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
2. Railroads
a. In April 1826, first commercial railway is incorporated in Massachusetts.
b. First steam locomotive used in the U.S. in 1829
c. 1838 Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad began operations
d. 49,000 bales of cotton were transported to Vicksburg by rail during the 1848-49 cotton season.
c. Slavery
1. From 1840 to 1860 the number of slaves in Mississippi doubled from 195,000 to 436,000
2. In 1860 only 37 free blacks were living and working in the city.
3. By 1860 the city became the leading commercial center in Mississippi, and the second largest city in the state after Natchez, with a free white population of 3,138 and 1402 enslaved blacks.
4. Warren County's population consisted of 6,896 whites and 13,763 slaves.
5. 66.6% of Warren County's population were enslaved black men, women, and children in 1860.
Musical intro is an excerpt from Roll the Cotton Down, by N.O. Quarter Shanty Krewe of New Orleans, recorded at the Vicksburg Sesquicentennial Civil War Heritage Fair on April 5, 2013. Used with permission.
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Vicksburg Tapestry | Mississippi Roads | MPB
Mississippi Roads travels to the river city of Vicksburg for their annual open house known as Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg. We stop by The Tomato Place, a roadside fruit stand that has blossomed into a tourist destination, and look at how Vicksburg residents are breathing life back into the Beulah Cemetery. Artist Wyatt Waters amazes us with his mastery of watercolors.
Jade Pollock, #29 playing forward, Warren Central vs Vicksburg, Varsity Soccer, Dec 2, 2013
Jade Pollock, #29, generally palys the left-center position. Here is an example of Jade playing a forward position. This video clip shows a nice assist and a follow up goal by Jade.