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Natchez Trace
Natchez Trace is a historic site and park in the United States commemorated by the Natchez Trail Parkway stretching 444 miles (715 km) from Natchez, Mississippi, through northern Alabama, to Nashville, Tennessee, roughly adhering to a series...
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Pharr Mounds 1, Natchez Trace
Pharr Mounds 1, Natchez Trace, Mississippi.
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Windsor Ruins: A Mississippi Historical Treasure
A collection of photos of Windsor Ruins near Port Gibson, Mississippi.
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Interview: Gods of Thunder by Tim Pauketat
Join World History Encyclopedia as they chat with Tim Pauketat all about his new book Gods of Thunder: How Climate Change, Travel, and Spirituality Reshaped Precolonial America, published by Oxford University Press. Kelly: Thank you so...
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The Origin of Medicine
The Origin of Medicine is a Cherokee story on the theme of balance and respect told from the point of view of the animals and plant life. When the animal world turns against humanity for their many abuses, the plants restore balance by siding...
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Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto
Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto, painting by William Henry Powell, 1853.
Capitol Rotunda, Washington D.C.
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Beautiful Prairie Bluffs, Upper Mississippi
Beautiful Prairie Bluffs, Upper Mississippi, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1835-1836.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.
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United States Expansion after the Treaty of Paris in 1783
A map illustrating the expansion of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris (September 3, 1783), which ended the War of the American Revolution, recognized U.S. independence, and granted it sizeable additional territory...
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Stone Discoidals Found at the Plaquemine Mississippian Winterville Site
Ground discoidal stones used in the Native American game of chunkey (Tchung-kee), found at the Winterville Site, Mississippi, USA.
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Rocky Springs, Natchez Trace
Natchez Trace MP54 Rocky Springs, Mississippi.