September 16, 2010

Much of the low-lying Arkansas land along the Mississippi River remained flooded and unsuitable for farming until early twentieth-century drainage projects opened up the land. This early 1900s drainage survey crew is camped in Mississippi County, where some of the last swamp lands were reclaimed for use by farmers.

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