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A) Island No. 5 (Wolf Island)
Mile 933.0 AHP
Kentucky and Missouri fought all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court for possession of Wolf Island. Missouri's attorneys presented an array of old maps and nav ligation charts that showed the island …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25V0_donaldson-point-missouri-island-no-8-hickman-kentucky-dorena-crevasse_Memphis-TN.html
A) Donaldson Point, Missouri
Mile 905.3 AHP
Union forces dug a canal across Donaldson Point in 1862 hoping to use it to bypass Confederate batteries at Island No. 10. The canal proved to be too shallow, but the rebels scuttled the steamer Winc…
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A) New Madrid, Missouri
Mile 888.7 AHP
The New Madrid townsite was laid out in 1788 by Colonel George Morgan, who had brought settlers, hoping to make it the capital of an independent Spanish-allied State. The expected land grand from Spain di…
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A) Tiptonville, Tennessee
Mile 872.8 AHP
Its ridge-top location has kept Tiptonville dry through every flood since it was founded in the early 1800s. It was a flourishing little river town by the beginning of the Civil War, and served as a Con…
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A) Islands No. 2, 3, and 4
Mile 940.5 AHP
Zadok Cramer first numbered the islands of the Lower Mississippi River in his 1801 book, The Navigator. The number system allowed boatmen to exchange river information without becoming confused with a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25UT_ohio-river_Memphis-TN.html
Winding 981 miles to Cairo, Illinois from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania head, the Ohio has been an Important force in American's history and its economy. Pioneers made it the highroad to western expansion after the American Revolution. The Ohio Valley's…
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Tennessee River
Originally one of the wildest rivers east of the Mississippi, the Tennessee has become a major waterway in the southeastern United States.
From headwaters above Knoxville, Tennessee the Tennessee first flows south on a U-shap…
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A tremendous earthquake struck this region on December 16, 1811, beginning a three-month series of violent quakes that devastated over 40,000 square miles. Named for the largest settlement in the region, the New Madrid earthquakes altered local ge…
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A) Island No. 20
Mile 8290 AHP
The wondering geography of Island No. 20 illustrates the Mississippi River's erratic nature. Navigation charts of 1801 show the island lying near the west bank. Later, the river moved and placed the island close …
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Cairo's position at the confluence of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio made it an important river and rail junction in the steamboat era. Changes in America's shipping patterns reduced its role in the 20th Century but it remains an active port and i…