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The American Bottom is the flood plain of the Mississippi River in the Metro East region of Southern Illinois, extending from Alton, Illinois, south to the Kaskaskia River. It is also sometimes called "American Bottoms". The area is about 175 square miles (450 km 2), mostly protected from flooding in the 21st century by a levee and drainage ...
The American Bottom is the flood plain of the Mississippi River in the Metro East region of Southern Illinois, extending from Alton, Illinois, south to the Kaskaskia River. It is also sometimes called "American Bottoms".
Nov 12, 2016 · The American Bottom region comprises the four counties in the St. Louis Metro East: Madison Co., St. Clair Co., Monroe Co., and Randolph Co. It runs along the eastern shore of the Mississippi River from Alton, IL, to Kaskaskia, IL.
Oct 16, 2023 · The American Bottom is the flood plain of the Mississippi River in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois, extending from Alton, Illinois, south to the Kaskaskia River. It is also sometimes called "American Bottoms". The area is about 175 square miles (450 km 2), mostly protected from flooding in the 21st century by a levee and drainage ...
American Bottom native Michael R. Allen is lecturer in Landscape Architecture and American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis and Director of the Preservation Research Office. Allen's work integrates cultural geography, architectural history and historic preservation, and has included projects ranging from the Pruitt Igoe Now ...
Nov 30, 2020 · The American Bottom is that sixty mile long strip of lowland lying between the bluffs and the east bank of the Mississippi River. Its earliest recorded history is written in the annals of France, England, and Spain.
Jan 23, 2020 · South of East St. Louis, down in the broad flood plain of the Mississippi known as the American Bottom, there is a little town that is gradually sinking in a flood of human waste. There is just no other way to say it, no other way to begin to tell the story of Centreville, Illinois.
