Paul's Journey On The Mississippi River

Another reason that people like Paul Schneider would like to take a journey on the Mississippi River is because of its rich history. As stated by Paul, “We put in a few miles south of St. Louis but we didn’t know precisely how far we were going to go down the Father of Water”. Paul refers to the Mississippi River as the “Father of Rivers”. The Mississippi River is the largest river in the United States, the three greatest tributaries are the Missouri, the Upper Mississippi and the Ohio River. These three rivers make up the Mississippi and support the civilizations built beside the coast. One of such civilizations is the Mississippian Culture. As Paul states, the Mississippian Culture is a city of mounds built a thousand years ago. The Mississippi