The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...

February's full moon is known as the Snow Moon, but despite its name, don't expect to see the ground covered in fluffy white ...

The Steamboat Natchez offers an authentic glimpse into New Orleans' rich maritime heritage, cruising along the mighty ...

Imagine a winter so cold that the mighty Mississippi River—spanning nearly 3,800 kilometers—froze solid from its northern source to the tropical Gulf of Mexico. During the infamous Great Cold Wave of ...

For example, Natchez, Mississippi, the cotton-growing capital of the 19th ... which awarded $848 million to 176 different Native American tribes and groups over its 31 years of existence for lands ...

23 (UPI) --The largest Indigenous tribe east of the Mississippi River is on its way ... accessible from the Indian Health Services, grants tribes governmental autonomy, land protections, and ...

NATCHEZ — Dozens of Natchez school-age children sang, danced and recited poetry in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, to the delight of at least 500 parents, grandparents ...

The White House website dropped its Spanish language portion of the site shortly after President Donald Trump took office on Monday, Jan. 21. The portion of the site also was removed during his ...

In more modern times, Native Americans — including the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez tribes — lived along the trace ... build flatboats and take cargo downriver to ports on the lower Mississippi.

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — The National Park Service (NPS) announced prescribed burns along the Natchez Trace Parkway. These began on Wednesday, Jan. 22, and the NPS plans to conduct these burns into ...

US President Donald Trump takes oath on the day of his presidential inauguration at the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington. Reuters Donald Trump has taken charge in the United States after a ...