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$D:\Web Files\Lowrmiss1\Lmdrvol1.Wpd$ APPENDIX C: RESOURCE DESCRIPTIONS COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPT: STORIES OF THE DELTA The following tables give descriptions of the resources referred to in the concepts presented earlier in this document. The tables include the number of the resource found on the corresponding concept map, the name of the resource, location, a brief description of the resource, and the relevant “Stories of the Delta” that the resource helps illustrate. NO. NAME LOCATION DESCRIPTION STORIES OF THE DELTA 1 Ste. Genevieve Missouri River Town The River and the Environment 2 Cairo Illinois River Town The River and the Environment 3 Memphis Tennessee River Town The River and the Environment 4 Hickman Kentucky River Town The River and the Environment 5 Helena Arkansas River Town The River and the Environment 6 Vicksburg Mississippi River Town The River and the Environment 7 New Orleans Louisiana River Town The River and the Environment 8 Reelfoot Lake Tiptonville, Tennessee Created by 1811-12 The River and the New Madrid Environment - earthquake events; Geophysical encompasses cypress transformation swamps, sawgrass jungles, and wetlands that are a haven for wildlife species 9 Crowley’s Ridge State Park Paragould, Arkansas Narrow ridge of The River and the forested hills that rises Environment - above the Delta of Geophysical nrotheastern Arkansas, transformation created by wind carried soil over the last 12 centuries 10 Birds Point to New Madrid Missouri Missouri floodway Manipulating the River for navigation and flood control 71 APPENDIXES / STUDY PARTICIPANTS NO NAME LOCATION DESCRIPTION STORIES OF THE DELTA 12 Bonnet Carre Spillway upstream of Louisiana Flood control Manipulating the New Orleans River for navigation and flood control 13 Waterways Experiment Station Vicksburg, Mississippi Principal research and Manipulating the Visitor Center testing laboratory of River for navigation Corps of Engineers and flood control 14 Little Grand Canyon Area Carbondale, Illinois Diversity of Natural resources ecosystems and seasonal haven for a variety of snakes that hibernate there 15 Henderson Sloughs Uniontown, Kentucky Large wetland and Natural resources important habitat for waterfowl and wildlife 16 White River Sugarberry Natural Helena, Arkansas Three bottomland Natural resources Area, White River National hardwood forest types Wildlife Refuge and diversity of wildlife 17 Louisiana Purchase State Park Between Brinkley and Backwater swamp; Natural Resources; Marvel - Arkansas Starting point of 1815 Early settlement land surveys after Louisiana Purchase in 1803 18 Delta National Forest, Green Ash, Yazoo City, Mississippi Rare remnants of Natural resources Overcup Oak, and Sweetgum virgin bottomland Research National Areas hardwood forests 19 Delta National Wildlife Refuge Venice, Louisiana Diversity of wildlife Natural resources inhabit marshes, ponds, channels, and bayous which are also a winter sanctuary for migratory waterfowl 1 Mississippi Band of Choctaw Philadelphia, Descendants of Delta Cultures, Indians Mississippi Choctaw Indians American Indian removed from their Heritage homelands during 1830s; today the tribe is one of five federally recognized tribes resident in the Delta 72 Appendix C: Resource Descriptions NO NAME LOCATION DESCRIPTION STORIES OF THE DELTA 2 Chucalissa Indian Village Memphis, Tennessee Ceremonial mound Delta Cultures; complex of Walls American Indian phase, late Heritage Mississippian period, on bluff overlooking the Mississippi River 3 Arkansas Post National Memorial, Gillette, Arkansas Site of first European Delta Cultures; Menard/Hodges (Osoutoy) contact with Indians American Indian Archeological Site west of the Heritage Mississippi River 4 Pinson Mounds State Pinson, Tennessee Native American Delta Cultures; Archeological Site ceremonial center American Indian contains second Heritage highest mound in the U.S; research station, interpretive center 5 Winterville Mounds State Park and Washington County, Indian village site Delta Cultures; Museum Mississippi with mound American Indian architecture, visitor Heritage center, museum 6 Marksville State Commemorative Marksville, Louisiana Large Indian mound Delta Cultures; Area and plaza village site American Indian Heritage 7 Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana Marksville, Louisiana One of five federally Delta Cultures; recognized tribes American Indian resident in the Delta Heritage 8 Coushatta Tribe Elton, Louisiana One of five federally Delta Cultures; recognized tribes American Indian resident in the Delta Heritage 9 The Chitimacha Tribe Charenton, Louisiana One of five federally Delta Cultures; recognized tribes American Indian resident in the Delta Heritage 10 Jena Band of Choctaw Jena, Louisiana One of five federally Delta Cultures; recognized tribes American Indian resident in the Delta Heritage 11 Great River Road State Park Rosedale, Mississippi 756 acres forest, lake The River; early and sandbars, camping European facilities exploration; Native American heritage 73 APPENDIXES / STUDY PARTICIPANTS NO NAME LOCATION DESCRIPTION STORIES OF THE DELTA 12 Arkansas Post National Memorial Gillette, Arkansas Site of first European Delta Cultures; contact with Indians American Indian west of the Heritage; Spanish Mississippi River influence 13 Parkin Archeological State Park Parkin, Arkansas Mississippian period Delta Cultures; village site 1350- American Indian 1550; Research Heritage station, museum, interpretive center 14 French Colonial Historic District Prairie DuRocher, French Colonial Delta Cultures; Illinois settlement and fort; French Culture, mountain man colonial settlement; rendezvous location American Indian/European trade network 15 Cape Girardeau River Heritage Cape Girardeau, French Colonial Delta Cultures; Museum Missouri Heritage French Culture, colonial settlement 16 Historic Ste. Genevieve; Museum Ste. Genevieve, French Colonial Delta Cultures; and Great River Road Interpretive Missouri Heritage French Culture, Center colonial settlement 17 Vieux Carre Historic District New Orleans, French Quarter Delta Cultures; Louisiana French Culture, colonial settlement 18 Jean Lafitte National Historical New Orleans, The Park consists of Delta Cultures Park and Preserve Louisiana Barataria, Chalmette, the French Quarter, and the Acadian Units; the French Quarter unit interprets the ethnic population of the Delta 19 Acadiana Visitor Center Opelousas, Louisiana Acadian Culture Delta Cultures; Acadian Culture 20 Natchitoches Historic District, Natchitoches, Local historic district Delta Cultures; Badin-Roque House Louisiana Creole Culture 21 Kate Chopin House and Bayou Cloutierville, Louisiana Author’s home; folk Delta Cultures; Folk Museum museum Creole Culture; literature 74 Appendix C: Resource Descriptions NO NAME LOCATION DESCRIPTION STORIES OF THE DELTA 22 Mound Bayou Mississippi Town established by Delta Cultures; former slaves; African-American example of successful Heritage black settlement towns in the Delta after the Civil War 23 Delta Cultural Center Helena, Arkansas Railroad depot; Delta Cultures; Arkansas people and Arkansas history landscape exhibits and children’s programs 24 Floyd Brown-Fargo Agricultural Fargo, Arkansas Agricultural school Delta Cultures; School Museum founded by Floyd African-American Brown to teach black Heritage families farming techniques 25 Madison Arkansas Black settlement town Delta Cultures; active in historic African-American preservation and Heritage economic revitalization through heritage tourism 26 Cairo Illinois River town; site of Delta Cultures; Civil Rights African-American movement 1967-1973 Heritage; Social and Political Influences 27 Beale Street Historic District Memphis, Tennessee Historic black Delta Cultures; entertainment district African-American Heritage 28 Delta Blues Museum Clarksdale, Mississippi Museum dedicated to Delta Cultures; the preservation of African-American blues music and the Heritage; Social heritage of blues and Political performers influences 29 China Grove Plantation Natchez, Mississippi Rare example of Delta Cultures; southern plantation African-American owned by Black Heritage; Social family that rose from and Political slavery to successful influences business citizens after the Civil War 75 APPENDIXES / STUDY PARTICIPANTS NO. NAME LOCATION DESCRIPTION STORIES OF THE DELTA 30 Woodville Historical Museum, Woodville, Mississippi Historical artifacts; Delta Cultures; William Grant Still commemorates the life African-American and music of William Heritage Grant Still 31 Lehman Store Building, Historic Donaldsonville, Historic department Delta Cultures; Donaldsonville Museum Louisiana store; historical African-American museum Heritage 32 River Road African American Darrow, Louisiana Museum dedicated to Delta Cultures; Museum the preservation of African-American artifacts related to Heritage African-American heritage and interpretation of African-American life in the Delta 33 Melrose Plantation Melrose, Louisiana Once owned and Delta Cultures; successfully operated African-American by Marie-Theresa Heritage Coin-Coin; the African-American house is the oldest building in the U.S. of African design 34 New Orleans Jazz National New Orleans, The park preserves, Delta Cultures; Historical Park Louisiana educates, and inter- African-American prets jazz as it has Heritage evolved in New Orleans 35 Ozark Folk Center Mountain View, This “living museum” Delta Cultures; Arkansas state park takes visi- early settlements tors back in time to recreate the music and skill of Ozark people of the 19th Century.

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