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Historian tells Lion's Club about 1927 flood
The Great Mississippi flood of 1927 was one of the most important events in Louisiana history, according to Dr. Gary Joiner.
Joiner, an associate professor of history at LSU-Shreveport, spoke to the Downtown Monroe Lion's Club Tuesday about the historic flood and how it changed Louisiana forever.
Not only did the flood change the physical landscape of Louisiana, it also affected the state's political landscape.
"This was our flood," Joiner said. "Whether you were alive then or your parents were alive then or your grandparents were alive then, this is Louisiana's flood. Yes, it was a Mississippi event, but it covered a lot more ground (in Louisiana). It inundated 27,000 square miles and displaced more than 700,000 people."
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