USA Mega series #24; Mississippi Traditional Cache

This is a one of a series of 51 caches (50 traditional (States) and a puzzle bonus (USA)) that will take you around the town of Thornbury.

All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.

To help you navigate the public footways around this area, the Explorer 167 map will be helpful.

                                                      MISSISSIPPI       

• Origin of name: From an Indian word meaning “Father of waters”
• Capital: Jackson
• Largest city: Jackson
• Population: 2,984,926 (2012 est) Ranked 31st in the US.
• Nicknames: The Magnolia state; The Hospitality state
• Highest point: Woodall mountain 806 ft
• Admission to union: December 10^th, 1817 (20^th)
• State motto: By valour and arms
• State song: Go Mis-sis-sip-pi
• State tree: Magnolia
• State flower: Magnolia
• State bird: Mockingbird
• Area: 48,430 sq mi. Ranked 32nd in the US.
  
   

Did you know……...

1) The Mississippi River is the largest in the United States and is the nation's chief waterway. Its nickname is Old Man River.

2) The Mississippi River is the largest in the United States and is the nation's chief waterway. Its nickname is Old Man River.

3) In 1884 the concept of selling shoes in boxes in pairs (right foot and left foot) occurred in Vicksburg at Phil Gilbert's Shoe Parlour on Washington Street.

4) Greenwood is the home of Cotton Row, which is the second largest cotton exchange in the nation and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

5) Root beer was invented in Biloxi in 1898 by Edward Adolf Barq, Sr.