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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26E2_ashbrook-cutoff-eunice-landing-arkansas-arkansas-city-arkansas_Memphis-TN.html
A) Ashbrook Cutoff
Mile 549.0 AHP
Rowdy Bend was the first of four consecutive loops, in this stretch of the river that pilots called the "Greenville Bends." Rowdy Bend kept getting longer despite efforts to stabilize it, and Ashbrook …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26E1_mounds-landing-crevasse-cypress-bend-caulk-neck-cutoff_Memphis-TN.html
A0 Mounds Landing Crevasse
Mile 560.5 AHP
The Mounds Landing Crevasse was the most disastrous levee break during the great flood of 1927. The levee was old, originally built in 1867, and a ferryboat's frequent landings had weakened the embankmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26D7_willow-cutoff-salem-crevasse-goodrich-landing-louisiana_Memphis-TN.html
A) Willow Cutoff
Mile 464.3 AHP
Before 1913, the lower Mississippi took a sharp turn east in this area, in a 14-mile long bend through what is now Lake Albemarle. During the 1913 flood, the river abandoned Albermarle Bend, taking a smaller curv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2674_davis-island-mississippi-kents-island_Memphis-TN.html
A) Davis Island, Mississippi
Mile 415.0 AHP
A large bend once curved around this land which the first settlers name Palmyra. Jefferson Davis established his Briercliffe Plantation here in 1835, next to his brother Joseph's Hurricane Plantation. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2673_rodney-cutoff-bayou-pierre_Memphis-TN.html
A) Rodney Cutoff
Mile 388.0 AHP
Opened in 1936 the Rodney Cutoff bypassed an old river bend and the ghost town that once was the busy river town of Rodney. Over 4,000 people lived in the town of Rodney in the 1850's and its bustling port rivaled…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM266T_youngs-point-millikens-bend-omega-landing_Memphis-TN.html
A) Young's Point
Mile 443.5 AHP
Before he began digging at Milliken's Bend, General U.S. Grant had tried to build a canal below Young's Point. If successful, the project would have created an artificial cutoff and diverted the river away from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM266S_vicksburg_Memphis-TN.html
A) Vicksburg
Mile 437.1 AHP
A flourishing river port in the antebellum of Vicksburg was the site of a major Turing point of the U. S. Civil War. The Mississippi later changed course and by-passed the valley, but a man-made canal has restored its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM266R_grand-gulf-mississippi-yucatan-cutoff-big-black-river_Memphis-TN.html
A) Grand Gulf, Mississippi
Mile 407.0 AHP
A bluff jutting into the river at the old mouth of the Big Black River created perilous whirlpools that made Grand Gulf notorious among early flatboatmen. The town of Grand Gulf was established atop the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM265Y_palmetto-bend-jackson-point-st-catherines-creek-ellis-cliffs_Memphis-TN.html
A.Palmetto Bend
Mile 326.0 AHP
This bend and the plantation that lay on its bank were named for the Palmetto, a type of palm tree that was utilized by early settlers and found in abundance in this area. The trunks made durable wharf piling, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM265X_commercial-barge-traffic_Memphis-TN.html
Barges first appeared on the Mississippi River after the U. S. Civil War, as river interest tried to compete with the railroads' growing domination. The railroads won this transportation duel and tows practically disappeared from the river until W…