Mississippi: The Magnolia State

• Alternate Nicknames: The Hospitality State
• Capital: Jackson
• Major Cities:
  • Vicksburg
  • Natchez
  • Meridian
  • Gulfport
  • Biloxi
  • Hattiesburg
• Major Geographical Features
  • Mississippi River
  • Yazoo River
  • Pearl River
  • Gulf of Mexico
• National Parks: none
• 1540: Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River
• 1795: Most of present-day Mississippi is acquired by the United States in Pinckney's Treaty with Spain
• 1817: Mississippi becomes the 20th state
• 1861: 2nd state to secede from the Union
• 1894: 1st Coca-Cola bottled in Vicksburg
• Motto: "By Valor and Arms"
• Name Meaning: "Great Water" in Ojibwa
• Important Industries
  • Cotton
    • 3rd in cotton production
  • Fishing
    • 1st in the world for catfish
  • Manufacturing
• 60% of the state is forests
• Home to 100 species of trees
• Only state with the Confederate flag in its state flag
• Famous People
  • Elvis Presley
  • Jimmy Buffet
  • Brett Favre
  • William Faulkner
  • Jim Henson
  • Britney Spears
  • Tennessee Williams
  • Oprah Winfrey