A trip down the mighty Mississippi

[@EdBeaudry]

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

[@jazziered142]

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

[@queenterraofarchrist344]

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

[@Free-bt6gn]

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]

In a canoe

[@thewaywardpoet]

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

[@Historyfreak-f7o]

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

[@microbios8586]

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]

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]

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

[@country3608]

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

[@jarlsoars1150]

I've visited the Mississippi many times over the last 50 years. It's always had a sure place in my heart. Truly humbling with it's majesty.

[@sharyn4271]

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

[@kmk2982]

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

[@candyhaller1624]

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

[@michelleowenwest4249]

Me too. Ain’t nobody like a Delta body.

[@lirachanise5190]

Same

[@JustANervousWreck]

I was born in Greenville, South Carolina

[@nam3929]

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]

What does a river rat mean?

[@nam3929]

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

[@monafondren1504]

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]

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

[@admagnificat]

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

[@carawalker987]

Unmistakably beautiful

[@coreyg7255]

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.

[@country3608]

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 !!!!!

[@DES1GN3R007]

that final statement brought a tear to my eye.

[@Lovejazz01]

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

[@sharyn4271]

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

[@goldbear3732]

MINNEAPOLIS 👌

[@aaronnull5930]

901 BABYYY

[@CajunLady333]

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]

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

[@escapewithjay]

its worth it!

[@escapewithjay]

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

[@MrEOM41]

The Miss river is absolutely breathtaking.

[@nigelfayes3171]

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

[@escapewithjay]

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

[@hanssoloskywatcher0426]

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

[@escapewithjay]

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

[@lpinbrez]

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

[@FlamerSmasherMBXCar]

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

[@FlamerSmasherMBXCar]

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

[@Chutney1luv]

@usmcusausaf The East side is Illinois! 🙄

[@27pattywhack2]

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

[@jackson5116]

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

[@mississippiball1003]

@usmcusausaf Vicksburg is best

[@sakuraaaa101]

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

[@aaronnull5930]

MarchBloxBoy theone lmao

[@lordvoldemort5725]

Lmao

[@mississippiball1003]

Lmao

[@dickfitswell3437]

Aint that the truth

[@tfg_lon9419]

I live I. Jackson mississippi

[@SeverSTL]

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]

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!

[@leslietaylor4458]

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)

[@juliangeorge2026]

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

[@80sruler]

Very interesting. Always enjoy Mo’s Americana pieces

[@brianjoyce9040]

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

[@QaneeX]

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

[@jamesdooling4139]

This is an amazing look at the Mississippi.

[@Chutney1luv]

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! 👍⭐👍

[@gemneyetwin6248]

Stl

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

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.

[@jjjmac2003]

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

[@lawrenceflowers2680]

It was very nice and educational watching that.

[@marcpauly8699]

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

[@michaelnotigan7796]

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....

[@landgabriel]

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

[@godbluffvdgg]

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...

[@alexmartinez5859]

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.

[@jasonmgavitt2357]

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

[@haivannguyen6812]

Thank you.

[@jimpalmer2981]

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

[@lisaapp839]

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

[@TheSaltblock]

Except omar.

[@49lucky]

Loved Mark Twain and Tom and Huck.

[@bradgt5130]

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.

[@mieaab]

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

[@kokoken1]

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."

[@oswaldo0515]

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

[@hectorsmommy1717]

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

[@MegaPapa8888]

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

[@danzilla3223]

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

[@haivannguyen6812]

So beautiful river.

[@DaCoDgamer]

From California and honestly never that the Mississippi was THAT big

[@altarique123]

Excellent documentary. Learned a lot about this beautiful mighty river

[@tedperry6466]

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

[@sugarpump]

Brilliant segment!

[@neokennime6756]

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

[@gregreuter1081]

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]

NeoKenni Me why can’t you?!

[@neokennime6756]

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

[@capoislamort100]

NeoKenni Me take an airplane

[@angeloacosta9411]

Nice back drop of Marquette, Iowa at 2:30

[@TheSlowbosambo]

Shout out to Blackhawk's old stomping grounds.

[@jackhackett80]

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

[@jackson5116]

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

[@1217mikegrs]

Watching from queens nyc

[@glsapp23]

Very quality reporting.

[@jtteacher]

Cool!

[@Tayte55]

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

[@gregorflopinski9016]

Its annoying sure, but not as annoying as infertile land

[@Dennodq]

The runoffs from the numerous farms surrounding it.

[@annbush1826]

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.

[@abrakkehakka1357]

The musician Muddy Waters was nicknamed so because he liked to play around in a small muddy creek of the Mississippi delta as a kid.

[@hvymettle]

A burdened vessel always gets the right of way.

[@brienwithlove8733]

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

[@EddieRobertsRiverGypsy]

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]

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

[@MGiordano]

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]

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[@smug8567]

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

[@SeverSTL]

Where's Jordan?

[@smug8567]

@@SeverSTL Just a dumb song from the movie Vacation

[@baritonebynight]

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

[@Odin029]

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

[@AR_119]

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

[@TheSteve1126]

Shout out from La Crosse, WI

[@sandratessem9980]

Would be a be a great trip

[@elizabethpatterson578]

Great to know

[@omar90s91]

- Amazing

[@veneratlazulum2033]

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.

[@ElenaGarcia-og5ml]

Mississippi Burning, who remembers the movie?

[@ElenaGarcia-og5ml]

I do. U forgettable history.

[@goldenrule-jk3fq]

Wow !! Awesome video !!

[@TylerDurden42069]

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

[@dppatton972]

SHAWNEETOWN ILL BEST TOWN IN HISTORY ....WE LOVE ARE TOWN AND ARE PEOPLE AND WE RESPECT THE LAW !! 💕🇺🇸👍

[@kaycox5555]

AWE INSPIRING VIDEO - THANKS

[@brucelee5576]

Eastbank and Westbank so close you can walk it, down here in New Orleans a few feet in and you're life's in danger.

[@meherbabaisgodinhumanform3090]

Lovely! 👍👍👌👌🙌🙌

[@7viewerlogic670]

Great video!

[@lsharon2175]

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

[@abrakkehakka1357]

One Mississippi, two Mississippi,… , seven million seven-hundred-seventy-six thousands Mississippi!

[@MikeC32958]

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

[@juanmonge8]

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.

[@midwestkid1879]

Hello, Quad Cities ✨

[@maryjarc3404]

I thought you might enjoy this😊💗

[@cornellwaters9089]

🗺️ Thank You!

[@CHUUMPASS]

mighty !

[@aldamane7753]

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

[@Horse237]

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

[@JoseLico-v9r]

Joselico gracias 🇺🇸✅✍🏻💪🏻

[@rezkid283]

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

[@mistervacation23]

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

[@25lipsey]

The real Nile river...truth be told🤔

[@TheSaltblock]

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

[@SeverSTL]

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

[@calebwild8007]

This is boring af but i love it!

[@JeffreyKahnartist]

Terrific presentation. I’m glad you Discussed the slavery. The long shadow of slavery‘s brutality will forever bring shame to the grandeur of the wealthy slaveholders and their grand mansions.