Greene County, Arkansas - 1937 Flood Refugee's

1937 Flood Refugee's

This is just a few of the families that were sheltered from the Flood of 1937

Flood refugees lined up and waiting for food in Forrest City, Arkansas, camp

Supper at Marianna, Arkansas flood refugee camp 1937 Feb

Typhoid inoculation at Marianna, Arkansas 1937 Flood

A family flooded out built themselves this ark, Marianna, Arkansas

Woman at mealtime in the camp for white flood refugees, Forrest City, Arkansas

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest City, Arkansas

Interior of cotton compress at Forrest City, Arkansas where sick flood refugees are housed

Flood refugees wearing identification tags after registration in the concentration camp at Forrest City, Arkansas

A street of tents in the camp for flood refugees at Forrest City, Arkansas

Part of the mess line in the camp for white flood refugees, Forrest City, Arkansas

Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area
which was flooded in the spring of 1937. They escaped in a boat.