The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States.
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“Listen, my friend, I’ve just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.”
—Patrick Buchanan (b. 1938)
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—Northrop Frye (1912–1991)