Lake Providence Louisiana
by Scott Pellegrin
Title
Lake Providence Louisiana
Artist
Scott Pellegrin
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The area was in the heart of the Cotton Kingdom of the Mississippi Delta and over the years untold thousands of bales of cotton were shipped out via riverboat from the Lake Providence area. The Louisiana State Cotton Museum, located on the lake front just north of town, interprets the state's rich cotton history with interpretive exhibits, restored buildings, farm equipment and agricultural displays.
During the Civil War, thousands of Union soldiers camped on the banks of Lake Providence. General U.S. Grant began one of his attempts to bypass the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg here, by digging a canal to connect the lake and Bayou Macon to the Mississippi River. He hoped to use the waterways to allow steamboats to safely steam around Vicksburg without coming under the guns of the Confederate batteries there.
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July 21st, 2016
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