-
French Foothold
A french man visited the Mississippi river and found nothing but land people shouldn't live on. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson aquired 828,000 more miles of land to Louisiana. -
Levees Only Policy
The city engineers agreed to force flow down a single channel. -
Spillways and Sprawl
The wetlands continued to dissapear from the water only running down one channel. -
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Betsy came and destroyed millions. -
Modern Times
20 inches of rainfall in a single day causing deaths and $1 billion worth of damage.