A levee near Good Hope is shored up as a protective measure. 1927, East Bank / Good Hope / New Sarpy area. (Photo courtesy of Joan Weaver Becnel) Album:...

Workers try to protect threatened levees before the 1927 flood. 1927, East Bank / Good Hope / New Sarpy area. (Photo courtesy of Joan Weaver Becnel) Album:...

The Hermitage Plantation was owned by Judge Pierre Adolphe Rost and was located at the center of the present Bonnet Carré Spillway. Judge Rost was married to...

A picture from a 1930s Shell Bulletin shows the crowds waiting on the levee for the president. Album: Crevasses Tags: #mississippi river levees #crevasses...

It works! The spillway opens in 1937. Album: Crevasses Tags: #mississippi river levees #levees - preview #crevasses #flood control #bonnet carre spillway...

Hundreds turned out for the spillway opening in 1937. Album: Crevasses Tags: #mississippi river levees #crevasses #flood control #bonnet carre spillway...

Between 1849 and 1882, the Bonnet Carré Crevasse left a large, fan-shaped imprint on the landscape. (Map from the New Orleans District U.S. Army Corps of...

Father Paret’s watercolor painting depicts the Little Red Church and its surroundings in the heart of St. Charles Parish. The area displays present-day...

Levees became major public projects in the late 1800s. Album: Crevasses Tags: #mississippi river levees #crevasses #hymelia crevasse #flood control #bonnet...

Sheep on the levee to keep grass short. (Father Basty's legendary flock of sheep.) Tags: #mississippi river levees #spanish influence #little red church 2...