Bridges
More than 170 bridges ( automobile, foot and railroad) span the Mississippi River. Water Supply
Communities up and down the river use the Mississippi to obtain fresh water and to discharge their industrial and municipal waste. We don't have good figures on water use for the whole Mississippi River Basin, but we have some clues.
Sports
Water skiing was first attempted by Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota in a wide part of the Mississippi river between Wisconsin and Minnesota, known as Lake Pepin, in the summer of 1922. Farm
Nearly four out of 10 ears of corn grown in the world come from the Mississippi River watershed. So much corn, soy, and wheat grow here that some communities claim superlatives—Decatur, Illinois, "Soybean Capital of the World;" Sumner County, Kansas, "Wheat Capital of the World;" and Iowa, "Food Capital of the World.
More than 170 bridges ( automobile, foot and railroad) span the Mississippi River. Water Supply
Communities up and down the river use the Mississippi to obtain fresh water and to discharge their industrial and municipal waste. We don't have good figures on water use for the whole Mississippi River Basin, but we have some clues.
Sports
Water skiing was first attempted by Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota in a wide part of the Mississippi river between Wisconsin and Minnesota, known as Lake Pepin, in the summer of 1922. Farm
Nearly four out of 10 ears of corn grown in the world come from the Mississippi River watershed. So much corn, soy, and wheat grow here that some communities claim superlatives—Decatur, Illinois, "Soybean Capital of the World;" Sumner County, Kansas, "Wheat Capital of the World;" and Iowa, "Food Capital of the World.