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    Interesting read on the 1927 flood from my hometown newspaper.

    http://www.bastropenterprise.com/art...NEWS/150309963

    Facts about the Flood of 1927
    • 14 percent of Arkansas' territory was covered by floodwaters
    • The Mississippi reached a width of 60 miles below Memphis
    • 23,000 square miles of land was submerged
    • Some residential areas reported water depth of 30 feet
    • Floodwaters took up to two months to subside in some locations
Levees broke in nearly 150 locations
    • Damage estimates topped $400 million
    • Over 700,000 people were displaced
    • Bastrop housed approximately 7,000 refugees

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Levees were broken on purpose in Arkansas correct? Legend has it that it was to relieve the levees in the more densely populated areas of South Louisiana.

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Quote Originally Posted by maddawg View Post
    Levees were broken on purpose in Arkansas correct? Legend has it that it was to relieve the levees in the more densely populated areas of South Louisiana.
    That's what I always heard

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Good old Memorial Gym

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    One of my favorite Aaron Neville recordings was about the 1927 flood. Take a listen.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyfvnM4Grik

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    That was the start of big Federal government.

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Highly recommend -
    Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America - http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Tide-Mississippi-Changed-America/dp/0684840022


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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    My Mom has a picture of my Grandfather and his sister sitting on the balcony of the 2nd floor of a hotel in Ferriday with their feet in the water!

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Quote Originally Posted by DawgFaninHous View Post
    My Mom has a picture of my Grandfather and his sister sitting on the balcony of the 2nd floor of a hotel in Ferriday with their feet in the water!
    I have some pictures somewhere of the mail being handed out the second story window of the post office in Jonesville, which is 14 miles west of Ferriday. There were several refugees living on the great mound in jonesville, and were there for weeks!

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    I had pics at one time of people riding in boats down Main Street in Winnsboro.

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Quote Originally Posted by barkly View Post
    One of my favorite Aaron Neville recordings was about the 1927 flood. Take a listen.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyfvnM4Grik
    Written by Randy Newman

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/ar...f=slogi..&_r=0

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Quote Originally Posted by SicemDawgz View Post
    I had pics at one time of people riding in boats down Main Street in Winnsboro.
    If you find it I want a copy!

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Quote Originally Posted by BhadDawg View Post
    I have some pictures somewhere of the mail being handed out the second story window of the post office in Jonesville, which is 14 miles west of Ferriday. There were several refugees living on the great mound in jonesville, and were there for weeks!
    Frogmore and Monterey is between the two. I was down there yesterday. Northeast LA got the shaft as usual when as I have heard it a couple of New Orleans mobsters stuffed the levee full of dynamite.

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Quote Originally Posted by KSDAWG View Post
    If you find it I want a copy!
    It disappeared in 2011 when we moved along with several other things.

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    Re: Great flood of 1927

    Quote Originally Posted by maddawg View Post
    Levees were broken on purpose in Arkansas correct? Legend has it that it was to relieve the levees in the more densely populated areas of South Louisiana.
    Quote Originally Posted by Cool Hand Clyde View Post
    That's what I always heard
    Exactly it. Many of the older people in St. Charles (Chalmette) and other surrounding New Orleans still hold a grudge. In fact, they were very suspicious of all the flooding and the levee breaking from Katrina because of the history of this flood. At least, the relatives of my ex-brother-in-law who are from there.

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