Your Views on the Mississippi River

The Mississippi River Corridor - TN would like to know how you feel about the Mississippi River, particularly as it relates to west Tennessee.

Tell us your stories, send us some photos, or answer a few of the below questions. We want to hear from you.

1. What, if anything, do you love about the Mississippi River?
2. What does it mean to you to live by one of the world’s largest and most important rivers?
3. How often do you visit the river?
4. Are there road blocks to your experiencing the river? If so, what are they?
5. Did you know that there are magnificent tall bluffs all along the river in West TN?
6. What can we do as organization to help you understand and become better acquainted with the river?
7. What do you see as the top issues facing our river?
8. How do you feel the river affects our lives?

Feel free to post your responses as comments to this blog, or email us, if you prefer.

The Fort Pillow Story film

The Mississippi River Corridor - TN and the William Bearden company are pleased to present "The Fort Pillow Story." Run time: 20 minutes, streaming 15 MB.



To see our film on the 'big screen,' please visit the museum at the Ft. Pillow State Historic Park off of TN Highway 87, west of Henning, in Lauderdale County, TN. Enjoy nature, history and more at one of west Tennessee's greatest state parks.

2nd Annual Paddle & Float

Our 2nd Annual Paddle & Float was held on the Memphis Queen III riverboat on October 2, 2008. The event included great food, excellent music from Delta Blues pianist Eden Brent, and the film premiere of The Fort Pillow Story, produced by Willy Bearden. The main star of the show was, of course, the sunset on our mighty Mississippi River.

On deck for the sunset


















Willy & Cheryl Bearden






Joe & Carol Lee Royer









Eden Brent






Nernii, Garland and Estie dance it up




And we celebrated a few birthdays while we were at it!