Visit Mississippi County, Missouri

     The City of Charleston, with its stately old homes hosts the annual Dogwood Azalea Festival each April. While in Charleston, visit the Lewis and Clark Memorial commemorating the voyagers' "first steps into the Louisiana Purchase" in November 1803. East of the city, see the merging of the Ohio and Mississippi River.

      In East Prairie visit the Mississippi County Historical Museum and south of the city visit Big Oak Tree State Park, Towosaghy State Historic Site, Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area or ride the Dorena/Hickman Toll Ferry across the "mighty Mississippi." East Prairie hosts an annual Sweetcorn / Fourth of July Festival and Tour de Corn, a cycling event.