Plum Bayou Flood

Flooded neighborhood due to a levee break on the Arkansas River near Plum Bayou (Jefferson County); April 1, 1927.

Aerial view of river overflowing banks and flooding neighborhood

From the Disasters photograph collection (BC.PHO.11), courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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