This section of the archive features existing news & media that commemorate the Great Flood.
📬 The 2026 State of Preservation has officially landed in members` mailboxes!
Our annual publication is packed with stories, accomplishments, and the people and places shaping historic preservation across Louisiana. This year`s edition features highlights from LTHP`s work statewide, the 2026 Louisiana Preservation Awards, this year`s Louisiana`s Most Endangered Places, and a special interview with artist, Joel Breaux, about his creative approach to the concept and design of the Great Flood Project`s historical marker.
If you aren`t an LTHP member, now`s the perfect time to join to get your copy of State of Preservation, and help support preservation in all 64 parishes.
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On September 13, 1926, the Neosho River flooded southeastern Kansas. Meanwhile, 15 inches of rain fell in northwestern Iowa over the course of three days. A few days later, the American Red Cross sent a "special disaster team" to Iowa.
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📰 The Iola Register (Iola, Kansas), September 13, 1926
The Great Flood Project encourages archives, institutions, and repositories to plan physical exhibits about or related to the 1927 flood and share digitized photos, documents, and collections with the project.
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On September 1, 1926, flooding covered 350 miles between Carroll, Iowa to Peoria, Illinois. Heavy rain and flooding continued in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, and Indiana. The Mississippi River continued to rise in the upper Midwest.
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📰 Jefferson City Tribune (Jefferson City, Missouri), September 1, 1926
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On this day in 1926:
▪ Headlines from newspapers across the central part of the United States highlighted the heavy rains and flooding. This newspaper clipping from Eastern Kentucky discusses the stretch of days of rain that caused flooding and damage across the state.
▪ Move theaters were showing The Johnstown Flood, a silent film released in February 1926. The movie`s plot takes place during the devastating tragedy that occurred in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889.
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📰 The Paintsville Herald (Paintsville, Kentucky), August 26, 1926
📰 The Daily Review (Clifton Forge, Virginia), August 26, 1926
In the last half of August 1926, persistent and heavy rain fell—first across Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and then Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio.
John M. Barry`s Rising Tide notes: "In the last fourteen days of August 1926, an area covering several hundred thousand square miles received little relief from drenching rain."
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📰 The Custer County Chief (Broken Bow, Nebraska), August 19, 1926 (newspapers.com)
📖 John M. Barry, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
The Great Flood Project is building an archive that is robust and collaborative in nature, serving as a landing page where individuals, organizations, and existing archives can share primary sources and historical artifacts related to the Great Flood that help to document and preserve this important history.
Perhaps you have stories, oral histories, photos, or documents from your family`s personal collection. Please consider sharing them with the project!
Individuals, organizations, institutional archives, etc. who have existing exhibits and/or collections or plan to create an exhibit/collection can reach out to 1927flood@lthp.org if you are interested in being included in the website archive.
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Are you interested in planning a program, event, or exhibit as part of the Great Flood Centennial? There are many ways to be involved in programming. Here are just a few ideas that have been presented during discussions about the Centennial:
▪ writing a poem or essay or creating art
▪ reading a book related to the flood, Mississippi River, etc. in your book club
▪ learning and performing a blues song that is based on the 1927 flood
▪ incorporating the theme of water or the flood into existing programming at a local festival or event
▪ researching the history of a local building or event that was impacted by the 1927 Flood in your community
Contact us to discuss your ideas and let us know what you are planning by filling out our online Community Interest Form:
📧 1927flood@lthp.org
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