Bird's Point, Missouri has been engineered to allow for intentional flooding but has only been used twice: in 1937 and 2011. Two other floodways were built on the Mississippi River downstream: the Bonnet Carré Spillway and the Morganza Spillway, both of which have gates that can be opened for flood control. Jazz pianist Jess Stacy was born in Bird's Point in 1904. Bird's Point, Missouri Bird's Point (or Birds Point) is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Missouri. It lies on an island or former island in the Mississippi River, near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and is situated directly
Morganza High School Morganza High School Morganza High School was a high school located at 752 South Louisiana Highway 3050 in the village of Morganza, Louisiana. The school was established in 1906 as a three-room school building. The two-story building last used as Morganza High School was built in 1940. The high school closed in the early 1980s. The school's mascot was the Tigers. Morganza High School's football team won a state championship in 1955 while playing as part of a six-man football scheme. The former high school building later became home to Morganza Elementary which was administered by the Pointe Coupee Parish