Vicksburg was incorporated in 1825, and for 200 years it has been shaped and molded by all who have lived here. And while ...

Cruise the legendary Mississippi River from Memphis to New Orleans aboard a classic-style paddle-wheeler. Enjoy panel ...

Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love with New Orleans jazz music, Delta blues and the deep South.

The Deep South is at once gothic and glamorous, steeped in history, hauntings and a hell of a lot of soul. I sailed through ...

How Madam CJ Walker, an African American woman born to once-enslaved parents, made a fortune and helped others along the way.

The next day we moor at Vicksburg ... Greenville, Mississippi is all about the blues. This universally loved music genre originated on the slave ships and in the plantation fields, and was ...

From its early indigenous cultures to European settlement and its role in pivotal moments like the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, the Magnolia State has been at the heart of American history ...

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, camels wandered the Sonoran Desert. How they got there, and what happened to ...

Davis, a Southern plantation owner and ... "Old Douglas," became the mascot of the 43rd Mississippi and was killed by a Union sharpshooter at Vicksburg. The Fort Tejon herd remained in Union ...