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Word: judsonia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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Devastated areas. Southern Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas were the worst flood sufferers. In the streets of Judsonia, Ark., water reached a depth of four feet; one estimate placed 2,000,000 Arkansas acres under water. The entire town of Columbus, Ky. (pop. 654) was abandoned. Columbus, Ky., though hardly more than a village, was founded 105 years ago and at one time was considered as possible site for the national capital. Levees at Memphis, Tenn., were populous with slimy, writhing snakes, flooded out of their swampy homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Water , Wind | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

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