The Flood of 1912

A gallery of photographs and headlines of the disastrous Mississippi River flood of 1912. Photographs from the upper Mississippi Valley to the parishes of Louisiana.ContentMarch of 1912 Opening Timeline Map of valley Ohio: Freemont Indiana: Logansport Nebraska: Valley Illinois: Future City, Cairo Kentucky: Hickman Missouri: Tuscumbia, New Madrid, Branson, Bagnell Tennessee: Memphis Arkansas: Arkansas City Mississippi: Dunleith, Shaw, Leeland, Napanee, Vicksburg, Elizabeth Louisiana: Alastia, East Carrol Parish Barnes, Madison Parish Talullah, Madison Parish Waterproof, Tensas Parish Ferriday, Concordia Parish South Louisiana map of the flood Pointe Coupee Torras, Pointe Coupee Parish Red River Landing Lettsworth, Pointe Coupee Parish Batchelor, Pointe Coupee Parish Morganza, Pointe Coupee Parish New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish Hamburg, Avoyelles Parish Moreauville, Avoyelles Parish Marksville, Avoyelles Parish Odenburg, Avoyelles Parish Melville, St. Landry Parish Baton Rouge Marley, West Baton Rouge Parish St. Charles Parish, Crawfish Crevasse Morgan City