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Burning of Two Rebel Barkentines Loaded with Cotton, While Trying to Run the Blockade at the South East Pass, Mouth of the Mississippi River

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Something is wrong with Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River

Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago, when it was named by an explorer from Michigan seeking the true source of the Mississippi River. Some of the red pines that were young then ...
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Mississippi River rising triggers Bonnet Carre Spillway test for first time in five years

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The rising Mississippi River has reached the floodgates at the Bonnet Carre Spillway, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin a test of the structure on Monday (April ...
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Army Corps of Engineers will practice opening spillway as river levels rise

COLUMBUS HALL IN CHALMETTE IN ORLEANS PARISH. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, TAKING NEW ACTION AGAINST THE RISING MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE CORPS HAS ACTIVATED ITS ONE FLOOD FIGHT PROCEDURES AFTER WATER ...
The Advocate

Test opening set for Bonnet Carre Spillway as Mississippi River rises

The Mississippi River's rise in recent weeks is prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform a test run of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday, preparing for the possibility that it will have ...