| 词条 | Riverton, Mississippi |
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|official_name = Riverton, Mississippi |settlement_type = Ghost town |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |pushpin_map = Mississippi#USA |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Mississippi |pushpin_mapsize = |image_map = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Mississippi |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Bolivar |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 131 |coordinates = {{coord|33|49|11|N|91|01|15|W|region:US-MS|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 692179[1] |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}Riverton (also Riverton Landing) is a ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Riverton was located directly on the Mississippi River, and flourished during the 1870s and 1880s. The location is today occupied by a shipping port and industrial park. North of the former settlement is Great River Road State Park. HistoryRiverton was located along a bend in the Mississippi River called "Rosedale Bend", and nearby Rosedale was located at the top of the bend.[2] The location was originally known as "Wood Yard" and "Old Pride's Point", and was a place where steamboats would stop during the 1840s to load fuel-wood harvested from the dense forests near the river.[1][3][4] Riverton was one of many Mississippi settlements established on the Mississippi River opposite the mouths of the White River and Arkansas River in Arkansas.[2] B. J. Martin built the first railroad in Bolivar County from Riverton to Bogue Phalia, approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|abbr=on}} east. The railcars were pulled by mules.[5] Charles T. Christmas, a former slave from Riverton, patented a bailing press in 1880 which made cotton bales more compact, and therefore cut shipping costs.[6] In 1884, D. Reinach built one of the largest stores in the Bolivar County at Riverton, and served as postmaster of the Riverton post office.[7] DeclineLarge sandbars formed along the east bank of Rosedale Bend, leaving both Rosedale and Riverton without access to the river. Riverton "gave up the battle in the 1880's and quietly disappeared".[2] Port of RosedaleDuring the late 1970s, the United States Army Corps of Engineers constructed a {{convert|2.7|mi|km|abbr=on}}-long channel running southwest from the Riverton location to the Mississippi River. The Port of Rosedale was erected on the site of the former settlement, featuring a port facility and {{convert|270|acre|ha|abbr=on|adj=on}} industrial park.[8][9] In 2011, the Port of Rosedale processed 1.5 million tons of cargo.[10] References1. ^1 2 {{gnis|692179|Riverton Landing}} {{Bolivar County, Mississippi}}2. ^1 2 {{cite book | last = Bragg | first = Marion | title = Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River | publisher = Mississippi River Commission | year = 1977 | url = http://www.mvd.usace.army.mil/Portals/52/docs/MRC/MRnames%28Intro-end_final2%29.pdf | pages = 114 }} 3. ^{{cite web | title = The Burrus House | publisher = United States Department of the Interior | date = February 12, 1975 | url = https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/e3830d2d-19af-4d6b-bba2-48814cc9c1fc/}} 4. ^{{cite web | last = Burrus | first = J. C. | title = My Recollections of the Early Days of Bolivar County | publisher = MSGenWeb | date = February 23, 1923 | url = http://msgw.org/bolivar/HBCRecollections.htm}} 5. ^{{cite book | title = The Great River Bridge | publisher = U.S. Department of Transportation | year = 1996 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5uQ0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 4–42}} 6. ^{{cite web | title = Baling Press Patent Model | publisher = Mississippi Department of Archives and History | date = August 4, 2011 | url = http://www.mdah.ms.gov/senseofplace/tag/bolivar-county/}} 7. ^{{cite book | title = Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Part 2 | publisher = Goodspeed | year = 1891 | url = https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist22good | volume = 2 | pages = 658}} 8. ^{{cite web | title = History of the Port | publisher = Port of Rosedale | url = http://www.portofrosedale.com/index.php/history | accessdate = March 13, 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web | title = Expansion Capabilities | publisher = Port of Rosedale | url = http://www.portofrosedale.com/index.php/expansion_capabilities | accessdate = March 13, 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web | last = Breazeale | first = Linda | title = Midwest Drought Reaches to Mississippi River | publisher = Delta Farm Press | date = July 30, 2012 | url = http://www.deltafarmpress.com/markets/midwest-drought-reaches-mississippi-river}} 3 : Former populated places in Bolivar County, Mississippi|Former populated places in Mississippi|Mississippi populated places on the Mississippi River |
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