Mississippi flood of 1973 The Morganza Spillway was opened, flooding portions of the Atchafalaya River basin in Louisiana and causing the deaths of thousands of head of livestock and white-tailed deer. The 1973 flood was notable for nearly causing the failure of the Old River Control Structure above the Mississippi River Delta, which would have sent the Mississippi's main channel flowing into the Atchafalaya River and bypassing most of the delta region including the major port of New Orleans, Louisiana. In spite of record high flows, flood stages were not as high as past events. Red River Landing, Louisiana reached 58.22 feet on May
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