The American Duchess, a luxurious river cruise paddle-wheeler, recently sailed past Osceola's Sans Souci Landing, evoking the ...

It went from being considered vulgar shortly after it was published to a masterpiece decades later. Still, it’s one of the ...

Mississippi is considered the birthplace of blues music. The Delta region is sprinkled with landmarks dedicated to the ...

Influenced by the Mississippi River, which coursed by his boyhood ... Although born two generations apart, Mark Twain and Will Rogers each developed a style that was quintessentially American.

It showcases the daily life of towboat crews and the diverse cargoes transported, illustrating how the river system is busier and more efficient today than during Mark Twain's era. Keywords ...

But about 1857, on a trip down the Mississippi ... began to write again -- and adopted the pen name "Mark Twain." A term used in river navigation, "mark twain" means water that is two fathoms ...

Mississippi River cruises offer travelers a way to explore ... best known as the town where Mark Twain grew up, and Burlington, Iowa, home of the extremely crooked street Snake Alley.