That is a better article.  I&#x27;d have submitted it instead if I&#x27;d found it last night.<p>One interesting fact that neither article mentions but which is mentioned at the end of the Wikipedia article is the impact that the break-up of the Great Raft had on the Mississippi river.<p>From: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Great_Raft#Consequences" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Great_Raft#Consequences</a><p><i>The removal of the log jams hastened the capture of the Mississippi River&#x27;s waters by the Atchafalaya River and forced the US Army Corps of Engineers to build the multibillion dollar Old River Control Structure.</i>