Bolivar County GenWeb
Photos by Milton McFarland Painter,
Sr.
Use courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
About Milton
McFarland Painter, Sr.
Photos of the 1912 flood
In Mississippi, where the flood was
at its worst about April 20, many deaths
from drowning occurred. Fifteen
persons were lost near Benoit in the flood that
came from a break in the levee between
that place and Beulah. It was reported
that altogether about 200 lives were lost in
Bolivar County, Mississippi.
New York Times
article, April 14, 1912
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of tilled field and people in
wagons. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of men crossing fence. Beulah, Bolivar County,
Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of wagon stuck in mud. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of men walking on levee and working
on railroad tracks. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of men working with sandbags. Beulah, Bolivar County,
Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View from top of train showing coal car
and floodwater on each side of track. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on a trip to Beulah, Miss." View of men working on damaged
railroad bed at Beulah break. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on a trip to Beulah, Miss." View of railroad cars on track and
floodwater. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." Beulah break. View of railroad cars on
track surrounded by floodwater. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of train sitting on tracks. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of plow on rail car. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of quarter boats docked at levee. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of levee camp situated below levee
and next to rail track. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." Louis Raines standing in front of row of
tents. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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"Views
taken on trip to Beulah, Miss." View of three women and a man standing
in front of tents. Beulah, Bolivar
County, Mississippi, 19-- |
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Photos from the 1927 Flood
Use courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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From Benoit 5-10-27.
Section Houses S. of James, 5-11-27. S. of James, 5-11-27. Sysid 97206. Scanned as tiff in 2008/01/16 by MDAH. Credit:
Courtesy of the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History |
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From Birdsong Camp at
Cleveland, Miss., 4-29-27. Sysid 97135.
Scanned as tiff in 2008/01/03 by MDAH.
Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
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From Birdsong Camp
at Cleveland, Miss., 4-29-27. Sysid 97138.
Scanned as tiff in 2008/01/03 by MDAH. Credit:
Courtesy of the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History |
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From Scott
5-10-27. Sysid
78079. Scanned as tiff in 2008/01/15
by MDAH. Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
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Mound Landing Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
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Mound Landing Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
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