Resource page for the rivers and other related information

U.S. History on the Internet: Slavery, Civil War and Westward Expansion

Welcome to the Mississippi River Basin Alliance Homepage. MRBA is a citizens' coalition that unites environmental justice organizations and traditional conservation groups around issues impacting the Mississippi River.

Mississippi River Parkway Commission website: About MRPC; Great River Road Traveler; International Visitors; Mississippi River Facts; Economic Development; contact info.

Mississippi River Photo Album

A Smithsonian series on contemporary music along the Mississippi River done in collaboration with PBS.

This is the online version of an exhibition currently on view at New Orleans Public Library focusing on the Mississippi River's gifts to New Orleans and city government's role in managing the all-important waterway. The exhibit uses large scale reproductions of original materials--maps, plans, prints, photographs, and documents--from the City Archives and other Louisiana Division collections. We present these images here along with a selection of quotes from a number of authorities on the history of the river and of the city.

"The River Runs Through It: New Orleans and the Mississippi" was designed and mounted by archivists Wayne Everard and Irene Wainwright. Photographic services were provided by Southern Lights, Inc., and Ridgways, Inc. supplied imaging and lamination services. Additional lamination work was provided by Robert Baxter and Charles Delong of NOPL's Duplications Division.

This exhibition is part of the City of New Orleans' celebration of its 280th anniversary. It will remain on view at the Main Library through July, 1998. Visitors to the Library can view a selection of additional original materials in the display cases on the Main Library's third floor.

The Mississippi River and Tributaries Project. Website and project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District.

From the PBS series, The American Experience: The Time of the Lincolns. Slavery and Freedom: Primary Source Documents: Read letters, articles and poetry by those who opposed and defended slavery.