Mississippi Travel
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Laissez les bon temps rouler!' - Let the good times roll and travel the Mississippi, preferably by paddle steamer, for a historic take on the American south. Listen to jazz passing through New Orleans, delta blues in Memphis, play roulette in St. Louis, dine on Cajun food in Baton Rouge and enjoy other southern cliches as you watch the pretty towns, old, grand, pillared plantations, memorials to the civil war, burgeoning cities, farmland and mangroves pass by you on either bank. The Mississippi runs 2,000 miles beginning in Ohio and meeting the sea via it’s famous river delta. The delta end is most popular for it’s romance and traditions. One old river lady to cruise aboard is the Natchez IX, the most recent in a ling of steamers bearing the same proud name, the Natchez VI was the steamboat that famously lost to the ROBERT E. LEE in the last great steamboat race in 1870. Built in the style of the old steamships, the current Natchez has some vintage features, including a bell made from smelted silver dollars.
Review by editor ‘The Mississippi on the Delta Queen’It is impossible to talk about a trip of any length down the Mississippi without jazz, gambling, paddle steamers, Ol’ Man River, Tom Sawyer and... Read more »
Review by expert member ‘Mississippi’Although the second longest river in North America, the Mississippi is more famous for the stories ... Read more »
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