Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1903 — Returning Mississippi to Vicksburg. [ARTICLE]

Returning Mississippi to Vicksburg.

The proclivity of the Mississippi river to make erratic departures from its bed nnd select a new one is more or less well known. At one time Vicksburg, .Miss., was on the shores, hut the stream suddenly shifted, about twenty-five years ago, and left the city far away, greatly to the inconvenience of the merchants nnd others who depended on the river ti attic. For several years past the United States government lias hepn at work digging a canal which will bring the river back to Vicksburg and tiiHke it once more an Important port. This work is approaching completion, nnd its consummation will again enable the river bonis to land in front oY the city as of old.