A trip down the mighty Mississippi

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  • Опубликовано: 6 июл 2019
  • From the gentle rising headwaters in Northern Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico over 2,300 miles downstream, Mo Rocca takes a trip on the Mississippi River.
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Комментарии • 276

  • @jazziered142
    @jazziered142 2 года назад +13

    I traveled down the great Mississippi on a paddle boat when I was five, I'm now 60, and it's a fond memory.

  • @thewaywardpoet
    @thewaywardpoet 4 года назад +97

    I live for these CBS Sunday Morning segments. They're absolute gems of journalistic television.

    • @brianbell564
      @brianbell564 4 года назад +6

      thewaywardpoet aren’t they? That’s all too rare these days!🙂

    • @microbios8586
      @microbios8586 4 года назад +3

      I was just thinking that! Which is why I just subscribed.
      I will always associate the show with a sense of guilt though...I would only see it on tv when my family had skipped church

    • @Free-bt6gn
      @Free-bt6gn 4 года назад +3

      It's the ONLY journalism on TV now - note Jane is old school and I so miss Charles! I'll tell you another one Tim, He'd be roasting the politicians of today

    • @dickfitswell3437
      @dickfitswell3437 3 года назад +1

      Its one day of the week where they shy away from fake news and pushing their anti American narrative.

    • @country3608
      @country3608 7 месяцев назад

      Me too!! Love it when they have outdoor shows!

  • @Free-bt6gn
    @Free-bt6gn 4 года назад +20

    I've lived near the MS River my entire life. It's NOTHING to mess with and this man is very lucky to have made it down twice.

    • @SeverSTL
      @SeverSTL 2 года назад +6

      In a canoe

  • @kmk2982
    @kmk2982 5 лет назад +13

    Walked the headwaters as a child, went to university near it, loved it then. Love it still. Truly a mighty force.

  • @sharyn4271
    @sharyn4271 4 года назад +20

    I live in S. La and never imagined the mighty Mississippi could be as beautiful as it is at its beginning!

  • @nam3929
    @nam3929 4 года назад +11

    Born and raised on that River in New Orleans! We never lived more than 2-3 blocks away from it during my entire childhood! and I was a certified River Rat! Now I live in another State...but have to, periodically, return to that river and sit on the levee..taking in the sights, the sounds and even the smells!..It's like a rejuvenation of my lifeblood and being! Love that River!

    • @Kauffman578
      @Kauffman578 3 года назад +1

      What does a river rat mean?

    • @nam3929
      @nam3929 3 года назад +2

      @@Kauffman578 I spent my entire childhood living on or near the Mississippi River!...hence...the term "River Rat"....

  • @user-qx3rw8fl6t
    @user-qx3rw8fl6t 27 дней назад

    At 17, graduated high school, paddled my canoe from headwaters to st. Louis. The greatest memory of my life.

  • @coreyg7255
    @coreyg7255 3 года назад +8

    My grandfather helped build that rock covered dam with the CCC back in 1935. My family and I visited the park just a couple of weeks after this segment aired. I have always loved Itasca State Park.

  • @CajunLady333
    @CajunLady333 4 года назад +42

    The Mississippi is so cute and friendly at the beginning. Big and bold at the ending in Louisiana. Maybe one day I will get a chance to travel to see the beginning of the Mississippi.

    • @martinonnen1348
      @martinonnen1348 4 года назад +4

      Maybe I'll get to see the end of the Mississippi one day

    • @escapewithjay
      @escapewithjay 4 года назад +3

      its worth it!

    • @escapewithjay
      @escapewithjay 4 года назад +3

      @@martinonnen1348 ive had the honor of seeing both! quite the difference!

  • @admagnificat
    @admagnificat 4 года назад +28

    A wonderful piece. Thank you to Mo Rocca and everybody else who was involved in producing it!

  • @candyhaller1624
    @candyhaller1624 4 года назад +21

    Born in Greenville, Mississippi. Love watching stories about he Mighty Mississippi. Thank u really enjoyed.

  • @Lovejazz01
    @Lovejazz01 5 лет назад +55

    Watching this from my home in Memphis Tennessee! River City!

    • @sharyn4271
      @sharyn4271 4 года назад +5

      Lovejazz01 I visited Memphis in Jan (it was awesome!) and walked across the Miss into AK; maybe I should have made a wish. 😉

    • @goldbear3732
      @goldbear3732 4 года назад +4

      MINNEAPOLIS 👌

    • @aaronnull5930
      @aaronnull5930 4 года назад +2

      901 BABYYY

  • @newbells1337
    @newbells1337 4 года назад +157

    Here in Louisiana we have a sayin... go and visit the Mississippi before the Mississippi visit you

  • @carawalker987
    @carawalker987 Год назад +1

    Unmistakably beautiful

  • @MrEOM41
    @MrEOM41 8 месяцев назад +1

    The Miss river is absolutely breathtaking.

  • @monafondren1504
    @monafondren1504 4 года назад +5

    The Mississippi River is beautiful and more people should know and see it at least once in their life. I was born and raised in Batesville, Mississippi.

    • @abbyhess1200
      @abbyhess1200 2 года назад +1

      I agree, it deserves respect also. I've never been east of the Mississippi but one of my most favorite places to be

  • @stormworks4882
    @stormworks4882 4 года назад +8

    that final statement brought a tear to my eye.

  • @FlamerSmasherMBXCar
    @FlamerSmasherMBXCar 5 лет назад +23

    Being from St. Louis I’m happy I live on the west side of the Mississippi River.

    • @FlamerSmasherMBXCar
      @FlamerSmasherMBXCar 5 лет назад +1

      usmcusausaf No it’s because I know that I am more direct to Los Angeles that’s all.

    • @Chutney1luv
      @Chutney1luv 5 лет назад +1

      @usmcusausaf The East side is Illinois! 🙄

    • @27pattywhack2
      @27pattywhack2 5 лет назад +9

      @usmcusausaf East St Louis is one of the worst cities in the U.S.

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 4 года назад +2

      @@27pattywhack2 no, the whole metro east of St Louis is a shitshow- I know I live in St Louis's metro east!!

    • @mississippiball1003
      @mississippiball1003 4 года назад

      @usmcusausaf Vicksburg is best

  • @country3608
    @country3608 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love & respect the Mississippi River !!! I live 35 miles from it and fish & boat pools 9 & 10!
    I think I can be on the river 24/7 Love it !!!!!

  • @SeverSTL
    @SeverSTL 5 лет назад +29

    Nice, I spent a lot of time on the River around Alton and St. Charles. That's where I learned to swim and ski. Brings back good memories even though I lost two friends on it. Also worked the 93 flood as an electrical lineman. Great video,, THANX . Glad I stumbled accross this.

    • @smtwaddle
      @smtwaddle 4 года назад +2

      Michael Sever my father also worked on the dam in Quincy Illinois for the flood of 93.’ Love how this videos comment section can bring everyone together!

  • @80sruler
    @80sruler 5 лет назад +80

    Very interesting. Always enjoy Mo’s Americana pieces

  • @nigelfayes3171
    @nigelfayes3171 2 года назад +4

    Wow, the river starts small than eventually gets bigger during it's journey. Kind of like chasing your dreams in life. Incredible ✨🙏

  • @leslietaylor4458
    @leslietaylor4458 4 года назад +26

    Kaskaskia (live just 20 minutes from) is an awesome place (where an Illinois town ended up on Missouri side) with a LOT of historical significance.. The oldest Church west of the Mississippi, the 2nd Liberty Bell, Lewis and Clark origins, and a the sad story of what could have been Americas largest city got swallowed in the watery grave, complete with an indian curse that could very well explain all the flooding. (Oh yes lots of indian history)

  • @lawrenceflowers2680
    @lawrenceflowers2680 2 года назад +4

    It was very nice and educational watching that.

  • @queenterraofarchrist344
    @queenterraofarchrist344 Год назад +2

    CBS Sunday morning at its best, no politics, no covid fear mongering

  • @escapewithjay
    @escapewithjay 4 года назад +4

    i paddled the entire river this year! adventure of a lifetime!

    • @hanssoloskywatcher0426
      @hanssoloskywatcher0426 4 года назад +3

      I paddled 580 miles of the 980 mile ohio river last summer. How long did it take you and how many miles?

    • @escapewithjay
      @escapewithjay 4 года назад +4

      @@hanssoloskywatcher0426 Hi Hans! i was on the river for a total of 62 days and paddled nearly 2,300 miles

  • @oswaldo0515
    @oswaldo0515 2 года назад +7

    It’s 4 am and I got the most random urge to study the Mississippi river

  • @godbluffvdgg
    @godbluffvdgg 7 месяцев назад

    Twain's "Life On The Mississippi" is THE book to learn about the Mississippi, pre and post the civil war...Twain was a boat pilot for 20 years on the river...It's an amazing book filled with amazing history of the river...

  • @landgabriel
    @landgabriel Год назад

    I very much enjoy CBS more than any other major media news network.

  • @lpinbrez
    @lpinbrez Год назад +1

    Having lived most of my life within 20 minutes of it, I concur it’s pretty impressive!

  • @Imnotyourdoormat
    @Imnotyourdoormat 4 года назад +4

    OMG....my uncle when he was 40, rode a horse around the perimeter of his home county in West Virginia...then he rode it around the entire states outline too. at 75 he rode his Harley around the perimeter of the United States.....but this guy, paddlin down the mighty missisip in a canoe?....completely off da hook!!!...im tellin ya...they still grow em big in America.

  • @brianjoyce9040
    @brianjoyce9040 4 года назад +7

    Beautiful and wonderfully intimidating at the same time. Have thoughts many times of traveling the great Mississsippi

  • @Chutney1luv
    @Chutney1luv 5 лет назад +12

    As days of rain will fall, the rivers will rise! Good memories of growing up off the Mighty Mississippi River! Cruises on the Admiral, up & down the River were festive! Also Baptisms, were done there! I wish that I could have canoed, with Mr. Eddie Harris, up that River! Thanks Moe, for the awesome segment! 👍⭐👍

  • @marcpauly8699
    @marcpauly8699 4 года назад +11

    Mississippi Solo by Eddy Harris is one of my all time favorite books.

    • @michaelnotigan7796
      @michaelnotigan7796 3 года назад

      Yep, agreed. Right alongside it is "Old Glory" by Jonathan Raban. Eddy went down the river in a canoe while Jonathan did it in a small, outboard powered open boat. To complete my triple play on great, human interest stories based on the Mississippi River, comes "Up On The River" by John Madson. To read all three books will make anyone want to get out on that river....

  • @jjjmac2003
    @jjjmac2003 Год назад +1

    I love this man, every story he reports pill you in to the lives of the people.

  • @jamesdooling4139
    @jamesdooling4139 4 года назад +2

    This is an amazing look at the Mississippi.

  • @haivannguyen6812
    @haivannguyen6812 4 года назад +2

    Thank you.

  • @alexmartinez5859
    @alexmartinez5859 Год назад +2

    Im almost a little sad they didn’t mention that the 1927 flood inspired Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy to write “When the Levee Breaks.” Thanks to them, and the cover by Led Zeppelin, the song has become one of the most enduring representations of that flood. I’ll live with it, but it would have been nice to see that connection get some light.

  • @juliangeorge2026
    @juliangeorge2026 Год назад +1

    would highly recommend Rinker Buck's book "Life on the Mississippi." Great mix of memoir, comedy, and history.

  • @bradgt5130
    @bradgt5130 4 года назад +12

    I’m a inland pushboat captain, and I couldn’t imagine paddling down this thing. I’d say from Cairo to Baton Rouge, wouldn’t be bad due to lack of fleets. But from Baton Rouge to New Orleans you are in the danger zone with fleets lining almost every bank around every bend. From Baton Rouge down you get into ship traffic. Im more upset the highest I’ve been is Vicksburg, would love to pilot every mile of the river and the rest of the inland waters, but for now I’ll settle for that.

  • @DaCoDgamer
    @DaCoDgamer 4 года назад +3

    From California and honestly never that the Mississippi was THAT big

  • @jasonmgavitt2357
    @jasonmgavitt2357 4 года назад +1

    Those headwaters are rad as hell!i love seeing the source of water.

  • @ebybeehoney
    @ebybeehoney 5 лет назад +3

    I always think "Free the River!" Every time I pass it.

  • @sugarpump
    @sugarpump 5 лет назад +7

    Brilliant segment!

  • @lisaapp839
    @lisaapp839 4 года назад +7

    Itasca State Park (Mississippi headwaters) is a gem. Minnesota rocks!

  • @49lucky
    @49lucky 4 года назад +4

    Loved Mark Twain and Tom and Huck.

  • @1217mikegrs
    @1217mikegrs 4 года назад +5

    Watching from queens nyc

  • @altarique123
    @altarique123 Год назад +1

    Excellent documentary. Learned a lot about this beautiful mighty river

  • @MegaPapa8888
    @MegaPapa8888 4 года назад +4

    I love it. That brings my curiosity wanting to visit the river and its neighboring cities and towns. Thanks.

  • @haivannguyen6812
    @haivannguyen6812 4 года назад +1

    So beautiful river.

  • @angeloacosta9411
    @angeloacosta9411 3 года назад +2

    Nice back drop of Marquette, Iowa at 2:30

  • @TheSlowbosambo
    @TheSlowbosambo 4 года назад +15

    Shout out to Blackhawk's old stomping grounds.

  • @mieaab
    @mieaab 2 года назад +1

    Studied Mississippi in high school. Came to the US for college and get to live next to the mighty river. Mark Twain did wonder explaining the lives along the way

  • @jackson5116
    @jackson5116 4 года назад +6

    The Missouri River is not only longer, when they meet in St Louis, it's more like the Missouri becomes the Mississippi.

  • @hectorsmommy1717
    @hectorsmommy1717 4 года назад +1

    I have spent a lot of time on the Upper Mississippi (Wisconsin). There is nothing like it.

  • @jimpalmer2981
    @jimpalmer2981 Год назад +1

    Paul Schneider’s book, “Old Man River,” is one of the best books about the river ever written. Highly recommended.

  • @QaneeX
    @QaneeX 4 года назад +2

    I am from Germany and i was last year there,i saw the Mississippi River.It is beautiful to see it.

  • @jtteacher
    @jtteacher 5 лет назад +5

    Cool!

  • @danzilla3223
    @danzilla3223 2 года назад +1

    My first year living next to the river was 2008 when the whole town of Oakville iowa was flooded. I lived about 7 miles away

  • @Tayte55
    @Tayte55 4 года назад +19

    Grew on the Mississippi. Only thing I hated about it was how muddy it is.

    • @gregorflopinski9016
      @gregorflopinski9016 4 года назад +1

      Its annoying sure, but not as annoying as infertile land

    • @Dennodq
      @Dennodq 4 года назад +1

      The runoffs from the numerous farms surrounding it.

    • @annbush1826
      @annbush1826 3 года назад

      too thick to drink and too thin to plow.”
      Grew up on the Trinity River in Dallas-
      so when we moved to New Orleans I first understood what a RIVER it was. Mark Twain’s great autobiography “Life on the Mississippi” paints a memorable story of our country.

  • @tedperry6466
    @tedperry6466 3 года назад +1

    I used to work on the Mississippi Queen in the '90s. It's ashame they scrapped her. But hoping to relive my steamboating days on the Delta Queen. Would like to visit the upper river states

  • @glsapp23
    @glsapp23 5 лет назад +1

    Very quality reporting.

  • @neokennime6756
    @neokennime6756 5 лет назад +6

    Beautiful! I really wish I could go there one day.

    • @gregreuter1081
      @gregreuter1081 4 года назад +1

      I hope you can come too. The scenery is beautiful, and until you see it up close, you can't really appreciate it's size.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 4 года назад

      NeoKenni Me why can’t you?!

    • @neokennime6756
      @neokennime6756 4 года назад +1

      @@capoislamort100 cuz it's thousand miles away from my place

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 4 года назад +1

      NeoKenni Me take an airplane

  • @omar90s91
    @omar90s91 4 года назад +1

    - Amazing

  • @kokoken1
    @kokoken1 4 года назад +3

    Good piece, and yet somehow it left out a little snippet of Paul Robson singing "Old Man River." Because he indeed "just keeps rollin' along."

  • @brienwithlove8733
    @brienwithlove8733 4 года назад +3

    So Much Blood Shed in & on that River Bank... I can see the people running for safety. Never Forget History

  • @elizabethpatterson578
    @elizabethpatterson578 Год назад

    Great to know

  • @lsharon2175
    @lsharon2175 Год назад

    Now I want to take my daughter there. It's interesting that it takes about 90 days for water to traverse the length.

  • @kaycox5555
    @kaycox5555 4 года назад +2

    AWE INSPIRING VIDEO - THANKS

  • @goldenrule-jk3fq
    @goldenrule-jk3fq Год назад

    Wow !!
    Awesome video !!

  • @sandratessem9980
    @sandratessem9980 5 лет назад +4

    Would be a be a great trip

  • @cornellwaters9089
    @cornellwaters9089 4 года назад

    🗺️ Thank You!

  • @jackhackett80
    @jackhackett80 4 года назад

    The last line in this piece couldn't have been said better.

  • @TheSteve1126
    @TheSteve1126 3 года назад

    Shout out from La Crosse, WI

  • @ElenaGarcia-og5ml
    @ElenaGarcia-og5ml Год назад

    Mississippi Burning, who remembers the movie?

  • @7viewerlogic670
    @7viewerlogic670 5 лет назад +2

    Great video!

  • @CHUUMPASS
    @CHUUMPASS 4 года назад +1

    mighty !

  • @meherbabaisgodinhumanform3090
    @meherbabaisgodinhumanform3090 2 года назад +1

    Lovely! 👍👍👌👌🙌🙌

  • @eddieroberts3402
    @eddieroberts3402 4 года назад

    I recall when that boat came down and docked right beside us. That's are work boat in the background around 4:50. Spoke to him briefly. 363 LMR Natchez/Vidalia. We're a 180+ days over flood stage and counting.

    • @ronsmith1364
      @ronsmith1364 4 года назад

      May the love of those around you help you through the days ahead.
      www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/

  • @maryjarc3404
    @maryjarc3404 Год назад

    I thought you might enjoy this😊💗

  • @MikeC32958
    @MikeC32958 Год назад

    Great remembering for me. Deckhand, 1980-81. Mississippi Queen, Leslie Vickers. LaBeouf bros. Houma LA :)

  • @TylerDurden42069
    @TylerDurden42069 2 года назад

    I live on a creek that goes into the Mississippi River in Minnesota

  • @JerryMcCord
    @JerryMcCord 3 года назад

    Great Video!

  • @MGiordano
    @MGiordano 4 года назад +3

    I want to take this trip, has anyone ever done a road trip paralleling the Mississippi from MN down to the Gulf? Curious about it if you did, would love to plan something like that for next year.

    • @ronsmith1364
      @ronsmith1364 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/_00G0VX1g5M/видео.html

  • @aldamane7753
    @aldamane7753 4 года назад +4

    I wish is to have my ashes scattered in the Mississippi.

  • @rezkid283
    @rezkid283 4 года назад +1

    I’ve been. There I live in deer river mn

  • @midwestkid1879
    @midwestkid1879 4 года назад +3

    Hello, Quad Cities ✨

  • @Horse237
    @Horse237 4 года назад

    Eddy Davis of St Louis said it best. Listen to his quote at the end if you missed it.

  • @juanmonge8
    @juanmonge8 5 лет назад +1

    I was watching CNN when Amy Klobuchar announced that she was running for President. She mentioned that as a kid she had gone to the head waters and had jumped the river. Sounded like fun thing to do.

  • @smug8567
    @smug8567 4 года назад +1

    That's the Mississippi.The mighty Mississip.The old Miss.The old man. Deep river my home is over Jordan

    • @SeverSTL
      @SeverSTL 4 года назад

      Where's Jordan?

    • @smug8567
      @smug8567 4 года назад

      @@SeverSTL Just a dumb song from the movie Vacation

  • @baritonebynight
    @baritonebynight 4 года назад +11

    Soon the Delta Queen will return to the rivers and you can ride down the Mississippi on a real historic steamboat again.

    • @Odin029
      @Odin029 4 года назад +1

      Well that's cool. I hope she comes back to Nashville

    • @AR_119
      @AR_119 4 года назад

      Oh wow I'll have to check that out. Thanks 👍

  • @7viewerlogic670
    @7viewerlogic670 3 года назад

    Good video!

  • @TheSaltblock
    @TheSaltblock 4 года назад

    Ive been fishing this river for 32 years. Ive travled it.

    • @SeverSTL
      @SeverSTL 4 года назад

      Where do you do your fishing and what do you fish for?

  • @BA-su9bv
    @BA-su9bv 5 лет назад +2

    How long would it take to canoe the entire river that’s very interesting

    • @stevekunde1117
      @stevekunde1117 4 года назад +3

      You can paddle it in just over a month if you dedicate your self to it. About 45 days if you take your time.
      If you plan to fish along the way or do any site seeing it will add to the count.

  • @dppatton972
    @dppatton972 2 года назад +1

    SHAWNEETOWN ILL
    BEST TOWN IN HISTORY ....WE LOVE
    ARE TOWN AND ARE
    PEOPLE AND WE RESPECT THE LAW !!
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  • @mistervacation23
    @mistervacation23 3 года назад +1

    The old miss, the old man. Deep river my home is over Jordan!

  • @veneratlazulum2033
    @veneratlazulum2033 Год назад +1

    Two of my classes in college which were 15 minutes apart and required walking across this river. As you can imagine, I probably looked like a degenerate Naruto running across the bridge, but that was culturally okay at the time. This was before the you know what. In any case, it was good exercise, especially for my peripheral version having to dodge all those bikers who seemed to come out of nowhere.

  • @reallycoolname6124
    @reallycoolname6124 Год назад

    The irony of Eddie getting caught in an Eddie hince "there are days the Mississippi won't let you move" 🤣

  • @calebwild8007
    @calebwild8007 4 года назад +1

    This is boring af but i love it!

  • @bill9540
    @bill9540 3 года назад

    Eddie Harris..super-kind alumnus of St. Louis Priory (Abbey) school🥳