The Mississippi River flows 2,350 miles, borders 10 states and drains an area stretching from New York to Wyoming ...
No matter where you go in Mississippi, you'll run across names of places, forests and streams with Choctaw names.
Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda named Corpus Christi Bay on the Catholic Feast of Corpus Christi in June 1519.
A Spanish explorer named the Bay of Corpus Christi on the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1519, giving the Texas city its name.
250 years ago, the Declaration of Independence boldly heralded the birth of the United States of America — a new nation founded on the democratic promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ...