It was cut off from the "mighty Mississippi" in about 1722 when seasonal flooding cut a shorter channel to the east.

So that push for the mighty Mississippi is a pull on him and on the alligator.

Their village had been by the waterfront of the much smaller river; now the mighty Mississippi was swallowing the town up.

This is not the mighty Mississippi or the romantic Danube.

Occasionally, on a clear morning, he would stand before the window in Lamar's office and watch the dawn break over the mighty Mississippi below.

Sediment from farm fields, for instance, has clouded the mighty Mississippi, making it more hostile to many organisms.

Indeed, the mighty Mississippi will not leave tiny Grafton alone.

Like magicians, the engineers had made the mighty Mississippi disappear.

This was, I decided, like viewing one of the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi.

And I tossed him into the mighty Mississippi.