May 31, 2010

A Mississippi County survey team works in knee-deep water, circa 1912, preparing for construction of 1,000 miles of drainage ditches. Before the formation of drainage districts, ninety percent of the county was a mosquito- and malaria-infested swamp. Drainage district construction created more tillable soil and dramatically decreased instances of malaria.

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