Take a look at these facts and make yourself a river expert in no time. The Mississippi begins at Minnesota’s Lake Itasca. Visitors there can see the headwaters and cross the river on foot ...

Oh, and the mighty Mississippi River, that legendary body of water that winds 2,350 miles through 10 different states on its way to the Gulf of Mexico? Well, its headwaters are located in one of ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Four-wheeler riders could get access to some roads and trails near the headwaters of the Mississippi River under a plan being considered by the state. The draft plan from the ...

which includes the Mississippi River from its headwaters to where it meets the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, as well as the Illinois River and portions of some smaller tributaries. The upper ...

For most, it’s hard to imagine paddling the entire length of the Mississippi River, from its headwaters at Minnesota’s Lake Itasca all the way through the heartland of America to the Gulf of ...

On the upper Mississippi, which stretches from the river's headwaters in northern Minnesota to Cairo, Illinois, south of St. Louis, the calmer, shallower offshoots of the river known as the ...

which includes the Mississippi River from its headwaters to where it meets the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, as well as the Illinois River and portions of some smaller tributaries. The upper ...