The book Dunbar’s Cove was the inspiration for the 1960 movie Wild River starring Montgomery Clift.
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Senior senator John Sharp Williams supports Woodrow Wilson’s call to arms
Williams joined the U.S. Congress in 1893.
Mississippians deal with devastating effects of flood of 1927
The Mississippi Delta region was particularly hard hit by the disaster. This image is one of 124 photographs taken by the flood committee of the Illinois Central Railroad Company in April, May, and October of 1927.
Good Roads Movement sweeps through Mississippi
As automobiles gained popularity, citizens joined together to get good roads constructed.
Mississippi river floods
In the Mississippi Valley region, 200 people were killed and $45 million damage incurred as a result of the Mississippi river flooding.