Lake Village Flood

Lake Village (Chicot County), inundated by the Mississippi River and its tributaries in the Flood of 1927.

Aerial view of flooded neighborhood alongside river

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Environment / Land and Resources / Natural Disasters

Type

Event

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