Land's End contents may be downloaded in their entirety:

Part 1 of 4 (PDF, 2.7 MB)
Part 2 of 4 (PDF, 2.7 MB)
Part 3 of 4 (PDF, 4.1 MB)
Part 4 of 4 (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Maps:
Levee System 1717-1844 (209 KB)
Flood of 1882 (244 KB)
Flood of 1927 (264 KB)
New Orleans Harbor, 1892 (319 KB)
District Map (in 1976) (2.4 MB)

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In 1975, members of the Corps of Engineers celebrated their organization's 200th anniversary -- a remarkable record of service to the American people. Conscious of our long history, we engaged scholars to develop an accurate and readable study of our past.

Land's End details the story of local flood control efforts from 1717 to 1975 and discusses the Federal committment to preventing the flooding of citizens and properties. We learn about the impacts and responses to the great Flood of 1927 and the 1965 Hurricane Betsy. The story creates more than a simple district history, but an appreciation of how the region's people made their land habitable by learning to manage their waterways for navigation and flood control. We learn how they then set out to solve the pollution problems, which were caused in part by their own success.

The role of the Corps, in both development and protection, has been a great one. For 174 years the men and women of our organization have worked for and with the Louisiana environment. Their accomplishments illustrate an outstanding story that is of value to students of history. This book is the story of the New Orleans District and its people, past and present.

Acknowledgements

"While the author alone is responsible for the interpretations advanced in this work, and for any errors which may occur, he acknowledges fully that whatever is useful in it belongs in large measure to the many people, in an doubt of the Corps, who assisted him." -- Albert E. Cowdrey