There is a marker downtown in Mount Vernon that shows were the water came to. The Flood never made it above 3rd Street except in the basements. Mount Vernon is more Mount than Vernon, because unlike Evansville, there was not a major displacement of people and it was treated as something for the kids to see, going down to the river. Most of the flood photos are from the flood plain west and south of the town, where there was no Mount.
Wow! That took me back. I was born in Mount Vernon, Indiana, in 1939, and my brother in 1937. We always heard about the flood of 1937, and I have a bunch of the family photo albums showing many flood pictures. Thanks!
[You're welcome. I guess Mount Vernon was more Vernon than Mount. - Dave]
