"Delta Autumn", 271 (Event)

Page Number: 
271
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
all that remained of that old time
Page Event Ends: 
271
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
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Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, January 1, 1831 to Sunday, November 24, 1940
Notes: 

Cotton fields have taken over the land, and modernization has lead to the people in the delta hearing the "hooting of locomotives" instead of the "scream of the panther" (270).

Summary: 

Now all that remains from the "old time" are the "Indian names on the little towns and usually pertaining to water - Aluschaskuna, Tillatoba, Homachitto, Yazoo" (271).

Chronological Order: 
3.00
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Keywords: 
Removal Legacy

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