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At present , with the new levee along this bayou , we have a strip of land about 400 feet wide and 5 miles long with most of our buildings there . Our land naturally drains to the west , into another river ; and , as a result of ...
At present , with the new levee along this bayou , we have a strip of land about 400 feet wide and 5 miles long with most of our buildings there . Our land naturally drains to the west , into another river ; and , as a result of ...
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At one time I told my brother that it would be nice if we had that continuous bayou front , and we bought it about 25 years ago , and we paid $ 75 an acre for it . The CHAIRMAN . Where does this man live ? Dr. WOLFE .
At one time I told my brother that it would be nice if we had that continuous bayou front , and we bought it about 25 years ago , and we paid $ 75 an acre for it . The CHAIRMAN . Where does this man live ? Dr. WOLFE .
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Most of it is seeded , but when it rains hard the rain falls on the levee and as the land is higher along the bayou the water from the line settles along the levee staying there for some time and it will flow up on that side of the ...
Most of it is seeded , but when it rains hard the rain falls on the levee and as the land is higher along the bayou the water from the line settles along the levee staying there for some time and it will flow up on that side of the ...
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That is the plantation , but the levee is known as Bayou Vidal - Elkridge . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Where is your residence ? Where do you live ? Dr. WOLFE . In about this locality [ indicating on map ] . Mr. WHITTINGTON .
That is the plantation , but the levee is known as Bayou Vidal - Elkridge . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Where is your residence ? Where do you live ? Dr. WOLFE . In about this locality [ indicating on map ] . Mr. WHITTINGTON .
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At this point , known as the " Bayou Vidal - Elkridge levee " . I had a different kind of an experience . When we went to locate the right - of - way , and to contract for moving the houses , we were met by the son or the brother of Dr.
At this point , known as the " Bayou Vidal - Elkridge levee " . I had a different kind of an experience . When we went to locate the right - of - way , and to contract for moving the houses , we were met by the son or the brother of Dr.
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| Title | Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control |
| Published | 1935 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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