That power would be unleashed during the great Mississippi River flood of 1927. Raised on his family's plantation in Natchez, Mississippi, Butler went to Tulane University and its law school ...

The Mississippi River Commission remained confident in ... One year later, the Great Flood of 1927 would prove just how wrong they were.

The Mississippi River songs I’ve collected here draw ... It’s an all time blues classic about the Great Mississippi Flood of ...

In “The Great River,” the journalist Boyce Upholt ... Later in the century, the federal government gave priority to flood control along the lower Mississippi, where wealthy speculators were ...

13, 2024, on the Mississippi River between Marquette, Iowa and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Many of the songs written and performed by the local musicians who make up Big Blue Sky are inspired by ...

“These behemoth fish are a bellwether for the health of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. We need to protect their spawning rivers and other habitats to ensure they’re not lost forever to ...