The Arkansas Delta is one of the six natural regions of the state of Arkansas. Willard B. Gatewood Jr., author of The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox, says that rich cotton lands of the Arkansas Delta make that area "The Deepest of the Deep South."
Rice field near Stuttgart
Lakeport Plantation in Chicot County, built ca. 1850, is one of the few remaining plantation houses in Arkansas.
Cotton fields in Poinsett County. This flat, rural landscape is typical of the Arkansas Delta
Jonesboro, the largest city in the delta region
The Mississippi Delta, also known as the Yazoo–Mississippi Delta, or simply the Delta, is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. The region has been called "The Most Southern Place on Earth", because of its unique racial, cultural, and economic history.
A typical meal of fried catfish filets paired with hushpuppies, pinto beans, cornbread, and hot sauce.
Mississippi State Penitentiary
US 49 runs through the Mississippi Delta.