Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America

What is St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes?

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Answered by Cat on 12 Sep 14:54

St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes are in Louisiana and surround the effluent of the Mississippi River. They are downriver from New Orleans, and in the 1920s they are largely rural and undeveloped swamplands.