The Mississippi period was characterized by a mound-building culture. The Mississippians suffered a tremendous population decline about 1400, coinciding with the global climate change of the Little Ice …

4 days ago · Midwest, region, northern and central United States, lying midway between the Appalachian and Rocky mountains and north of the Ohio River and the 37th parallel. It comprises the …

Dec 2, 2025 · Map created by Walt HickeyThe map above looks at what states self-proclaimed Midwesterners consider to be part of the US Midwest.

Apr 21, 2025 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA downtown cityscape on the Mississippi River at twilight. The Midwest began taking shape in the late 18th century when the United States gained control of the …

In the early nineteenth century, anything west of the Mississippi River was considered the West, and the Midwest was the region west of the Appalachians and east of the Mississippi.

Feb 20, 2025 · The Midwest is also home to the tallest man-made monument in the U.S.: the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. The region’s rivers, including the Mississippi and Missouri, have …

Not only do we embrace the best located and the most productive of our nation’s land, we embrace, and to a large extent are bound together by, the nation’s most remarkable freshwater resources: the …

Geographic Features Major Features: Great Lakes, Great Plains, Mississippi River Landscapes: Prairie, forests, rolling hills Waterways: Missouri River, Ohio River Natural Areas: Badlands, Ozarks, Dunes

Cities See also the pages for the states of the Midwest, for smaller but still substantial cities in the region. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2005 population estimates, the region includes nine …

Jun 7, 2022 · What is the Midwest? Some distinctions are clear-cut: California is iconically West Coast, New York unabashedly screams East Coast and Mississippi just sounds right when said with a …