Papers in Illinois history and transactions . time to the present I havebeen exceedingly interested in everything relating to that remarkablefreak of nature, which occurred on April 18, 1881.^ During the winter of 1880 and 1881, there was an unusually heavyfall of snow in northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Railroad 9 Some have wondered why the change which took place in 1881 had not been duplicated at someprevious high water many years ago. No one can give reasons for all of the vagaries of the Mississippi,but it mast be remembered that the main channel of the river ran much nearer to
Papers in Illinois history and transactions . time to the present I havebeen exceedingly interested in everything relating to that remarkablefreak of nature, which occurred on April 18, 1881.^ During the winter of 1880 and 1881, there was an unusually heavyfall of snow in northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Railroad 9 Some have wondered why the change which took place in 1881 had not been duplicated at someprevious high water many years ago. No one can give reasons for all of the vagaries of the Mississippi,but it mast be remembered that the main channel of the river ran much nearer to the Missouri shoreat St. Genevieve previous to Februarv, 1S81, and that this channel had then moved over nearer to theIllinois shore. It can be easilv understood that had the channel remained where it was formerly, theice flood of 1881 might have moved away peacefully; and the high water of that year might have takenthe course of previous floods, and have followed the old bed around St. Marys, and left the Okaw tofollow its original
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