MISSISSIPPI

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Across
  1. 5. Historic city on the Mississippi River with antebellum homes
  2. 6. Gulf Coast city famous for casinos and beaches
  3. 9. Historic Mississippi State Penitentiary, noted in blues songs
  4. 11. City known for Jimmie Rodgers, the “Father of Country Music”
  5. 12. Famous Civil War battle site near Mississippi travelers’ routes
  6. 14. Historic city on the Tombigbee River
  7. 18. The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson
  8. 19. Coastal city known for shipbuilding
  9. 22. Official state flower and nickname
  10. 25. Elvis Presley’s mansion (just north in Memphis, popular stop for Mississippi visitors)
  11. 26. Mississippi’s stretch along the Gulf of Mexico
  12. 27. Music genre deeply rooted in Mississippi
  13. 28. Native American tribe with deep Mississippi roots
  14. 29. Mighty waterway forming the state’s western border
Down
  1. 1. Civil War battlefield and national military park
  2. 2. Space Center located on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast
  3. 3. Historic cash crop of the Mississippi Delta
  4. 4. Fertile farming region, birthplace of the blues
  5. 7. Home of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
  6. 8. State capital of Mississippi
  7. 10. Nicknamed the “Hub City” of Mississippi
  8. 13. Rest area and welcome center on I-59
  9. 15. Literary giant William, who lived in Oxford
  10. 16. Traditional Choctaw stickball game seen at tribal events
  11. 17. Birthplace of Elvis Presley
  12. 20. Northern Mississippi casino resort area
  13. 21. A signature Mississippi dish, farmed in the Delta
  14. 22. The Magnolia State itself
  15. 23. Second-largest city, key Gulf Coast port
  16. 24. Scenic Parkway stretching from Natchez to Nashville