You’ll find the Mississippi at its narrowest point at its headwaters in Lake Itasca, where it’s between 20 and 30 feet. The river’s widest point is only about 50 miles east, at Lake ...

Earthquakes are much less frequent in the eastern part of the country than in the west, but they have been documented in every state east of the Mississippi River, according to the U.S. Nearly all ...

The Cherokee nation was one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in the southeast, and Andrew Jackson planned their removal along with all other tribes existing east of the Mississippi River.