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Why is the Mississippi River not called the Louisiana River?
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:31 pm
Louisiana was a State first and it ends in Louisiana.
Also frick Mississippi
Also frick Mississippi
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Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:32 pm to WaydownSouth
Currently in a 150 year study to see if the name change is viable.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:33 pm to WaydownSouth
Mississippi is more fun to spell.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:33 pm to WaydownSouth
The Ohio River starts in Pennsylvania and ends in Illinois.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:34 pm to WaydownSouth
I'm like 99% sure it's an Indian translation from "Big River"
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:34 pm to WaydownSouth
Because "The Mighty Louisiana" just doesn't flow.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:34 pm to WaydownSouth
Cause it ends in Louisiana and Louisiana controls it. If it changes course and ends in Texas or Mississippi, well then ...
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:34 pm to WaydownSouth
Another stupid post by you.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:35 pm to WaydownSouth
The state is named after the river.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:35 pm to WaydownSouth
I'm assuming the river was named before the state
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:35 pm to Golfer
quote:
I'm like 99% sure it's an Indian translation from "Big River"
I hate when people bring facts into a legitimate question!
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:35 pm to WaydownSouth
Ever consider the state was named after the river?
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:36 pm to TheFonz
quote:
Mississippi is more fun to spell.
M I crooked letter crooked letter I...
Wasn't the state named for the river and not the other way around?
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:36 pm to MrLSU
As much as I believe in "eff Minnesota" maybe it should be the Minnesota River. Without those headwaters there would be no river down south to speak of.
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The Mississippi River-Headwaters watershed is a largely forested watershed located in the Northern Lakes and Forest ecoregion of Minnesota. As the Mississippi River begins its 2,320 miles journey to the Gulf of Mexico, it runs north to north easterly through the watershed's abundant forest and resources and large riverine wetland areas.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:37 pm to Golfer
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I'm like 99% sure it's an Indian translation from "Big River"
So then saying "Mississippi River" is the equivalent of saying "ATM Machine".
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:37 pm to notiger1997
Fight me
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:37 pm to WaydownSouth
I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota).
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl.
Then I heard my dream was back Downstream cavortin' in Davenport,
And I followed you, Big River, when you called.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:39 pm to WaydownSouth
Bet that river was aggravating to have to deal with back when people first migrated and saw it for the first time.
Bet it was still faster to cross back then at 5pm though.
Bet it was still faster to cross back then at 5pm though.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:39 pm to WaydownSouth
You realize it wasn’t named after the state, right?
Posted on 3/1/19 at 3:40 pm to WaydownSouth
Because Mississippi has more curvy letter in it much like a river
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