MISSISSIPPI

__Mississippi__

​ By:H.E.H

__ HISTORY __ Mississippi or other wise known as the "Magnolia State" has many interesting thing to learn about it. Mississippi's state motto is "By valor and arms". This is to honor the Mississippi coat of arms. Mississippi applied for statehood on December 10,1817. It was the 20th state to join the Union. The state bird is the Mocking bird. And the state fish is the large mouth bass. Mississippi's state tree is the Magnolia tree. It state flower is the Magnolia flower. And the state quarter also has the Magnolia flower on it. Those are all the little facts, here are some bigger ones. __ QUICK FACTS __ Mississippi had many explorers explore it here are some important facts. Mississippi is were De Soto died. De Soto was the first European to explore Mississippi. He was also the first European to discover the Mississippi river. He then died on the river bank. The boardering states include Alabama, Arkansas, Louisisana, and Tennessee. The name of the state was given to it by a Native Americon tribe named the Chippewans. They gave it to them in honor of the Mississippi river. The name Mississippi means "large river". The land of Mississippi is mostly farmlands. It is 40% farmlands. It is occupied by 42,000 farms! <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin;">Mississippi one-crop state until 1907 it thrived on cotton. Today Mississippi is one of the worlds leading produce. It now has many other crops including soy beans. Those were some very important facts to know about Mississippi. __ WHY I CHOISE THIS STATE __ I chose this state because I like the Mississippi river. I think it is very beautiful. Another reason I chose this state is because I always wondered how it looked. The next reason is because I like what there flower looks like. Then there is there bird. I really like birds and the mocking bird is one of my favorites. And finally I like Mississippi because of the farms. I like farms because of all the animals on them, and I knew that Mississippi had many farmlands. That is why I picked Mississippi for my state. __ SOURCES __ __ [] __ __ [] __ []

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 * 1) City:D'iblerville Date:August 19th. For day one we will go check into the Best Western hotel. If they lose our resorvation we will go the the Eco lodges.Then we will go to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. They have a life size habitat. It is on Mississippi living heritage. It is a very large museum so it will take all day. When we get back to the hotel we will order room service for diner.
 * 2)  City:D'iblerville Date:August 20th. Next we will go to the 1st anual Moe-Joe Festival! It will be tons of fun because there are rides, games, and lots of good food. The rides are things like roller costers and the dart board games. Then we will go back to the hotel and relax. We will order room service tonight too.
 * 3) City:Starkville Date:August,21st. The next day we will go to the Carnival Association of Long Beach Mardi Gras Parade. It will be tons of fun to watch the floats and cars go by. We will here many different types of music here. When we leave we will go out to eat at Red Lobster. Then we will go to the movies and see whatever is playing. When we get back to the hotel room we will watch TV and play on the internet until it is time to go to bed.
 * 4)  City:Starkville Date:August,22nd. After that we will go to the Magnolia Indepentant Film Festival. We will go and watch movies all day. I supose that they will be movies there that you may not like that much. There should be lots of children movies playing. When we get back to the hotel we will order room service.
 * 5) City: Starkville Date:August,23. Today we will go to the Mississippi river. Here we will just relax and run around for one or two hours. Then we will just go around the city sight seeing.We will start in starkville and end somewhere in D'iblerville. Then we will go back to the hotel and order room service for diner.
 * 6) Today we will be leaving Mississippi. We will pack our things, check out of our hotel, and catch out flight. We will arrive back at Harrisburg in a couple of hours. But before we arrive at Harrisburg we will go to Clevland, Ohio.

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__ TRAVEL PLANS __ 1.Airline: Contenental Airlines 2.Time: We live at 6:30 A.M. 3.Flight #:8692 4.Layover Information:Clevland, Ohio Flight #:8741 5.Lenght of trip to:2 hours 45 min. 6.Destination:Erie __RETURNING FROM__ 1.Airline:Contenental Airlines 2.Time: We live at 9:50 3.Flight #: 8697 4.Layover Informatio: Clevland, Ohio Flight #: 8781 5.Length of trip back: 2 hours 45 min. 6.Destination: Harrisburg, Pennsilvania __ CAR RENTAL __ 1. Rental Company:EZ car rentals 2.Car:Saturn convertable 3.Pick up: date:08/19/10 location:Erie time:9:30 4.Drop off: date:08/25/10 location:erie time:9:00 5.Milleage Allowence: Unlimated 6.Total:$391.19
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ESTAMATED COST __ 1. Gas:$50.00 2.Hotel:$836.94 3.Food:$480.00 4.Entertainment:$2,000.00 5.Shopping:$2,000.00 6.Round Trip Air Fair:$953.40 7.Car Rental:$391.19 8.Miscellanious:$1,000.00



__ HOTEL #1 __ 1. Best Western a.Address:Rt.15 North, Lewisburg, Mississippi, 17837 b.Telephone #:1-888-Travelocity c.Cost per night:$139.49 d.Amenities: 1.Hot Tub 2.Children Activities 3. High Speed Internet 4.Fitness Facilty 5. Swimming Pool __ HOTEL #2 __ 1.Econo Lodge a.Address:3249 North Susquennatrail Shamokin Dam, Mississippi, 17876 b.Telephone:1-888-Travelocity c.Cost per night:129.94 d.Amenities: 1.Pets Allowed 2.Hot Tub 3. Dry Cleaning 4. Air Condition 5.High Speed Internet
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__ BEFORE TRIP PLANING __
 * 1) Feed the bird
 * 2) Find a bird and house sitter
 * 3) Do the dishes
 * 4) Pack the suitecases
 * 5) Call about hotel reservations
 * 6) Call about car rental
 * 7) Make sure we have everything we need
 * 8) Check suitecases
 * 9) Pay the bird and house sitter
 * 10) Check to make sure we have everything we need again
 * 11) Leave for Harrisburg flight

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