The NPS excluded an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River's west bank in St. John the Baptist Parish as a National ...

A series of major fire protection projects have been announced to bolster bushfire defences in critical timber plantations in ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Mississippi, is posthumously recognized for her efforts in voter registration ...

Part genealogy study, part haunting narrative, historian Mary Frances Berry’s new book, “Slavery After Slavery: ...

Welcome to Natchez, Mississippi – a town so picturesque, you’ll swear you’ve stepped onto a movie set. Natchez Mississippi: ...

Muddy Waters is known as the father of the blues, and in 1969, he got together to record one of the finest albums of his career with some of his musical sons.

I was reminded of this during the bad weather this weekend. The name Smedes kept popping up on the map while our weather team was tracking the severe weather in the ...

Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the ...

I would judge him as an extraordinary person who had flaws that we can’t discount but overall an amazingly positive force in early American history,' says Jefferson biographer Annette Gordon-Reed.

As you sail, you'll encounter stunning landscapes, from the majestic Cascade Range to the serene vineyards of Washington. The ...

THINGS GOT WEIRD Metal Detecting a Plantation House from 1850 in Mississippi! When we started to crawl under the house things ...

Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...