Ninety years ago, the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers — swollen from months of rainfall — burst through levees, sending muddy water into businesses, homes and farmland across Louisiana. Families ...

The Great Flood of 1927 transformed the Mississippi River, its management systems, and the communities that depend on it. The centennial of this historic event presents an opportunity to reflect on ...

The devastating Mississippi River flood of 1927 has deservedly entered the realm of legend and lore, being one of the most costly natural disasters in American history. But 10 years later, Arkansas ...

GREENVILLE, Miss. - As the crest in the Mississippi River rolls toward the heart of the delta, the great flood of 1927 is on a lot of minds. On April 21 of that year, an engorged Mississippi River ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Journalist Boyce Upholt talked about the 1927 flood along the lower Mississippi River and the Flood Control Act of 1928.

Introduction -- Modern overflow -- A Northern army of relief -- Cross talk in the press -- Bessie's eclogue -- Catastrophe comes to Vaudeville -- William Faulkner and the machine age watershed -- ...

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream, ...