Some  of  the  villages  affected  by  this  flood — as
Cahokia,  Prairie  du  Rocher  and  Kaskaskia — have
never  fully  recovered  from  the  disaster.  Another
considerable  flood  occurred  in  1826,  but  it  was
inferior  to  those  of  1784  and  1844.  A  notable
flood  occurred  in  1851,  when  the  Mississippi,
though  not  so  high  opposite  St.  Louis  as  in  1844,
is  said  to  have  been  several  feet  higher  at  Quincy
than  in  the  previous  year — the  difference  being
due  to  the  fact  that  the  larger  portion  of  the
flood  of  1844  came  from  the  Missouri  River,  its
effects  being  most  noticeable  below  the  mouth  of
that  stream.  Again,  in  1868,  a  flood  did  con-
siderable damage  on  the  Upper  Mississippi,  reach-
ing the  highest  point  since  1851.  Floods  of  a  more
or  less  serious  character  also  occurred  in  1876,
1880  and  again  in  1893.  Although  not  so  high  as
some  of  those  previously  named,  the  loss  was  pro-
portionately greater  owing  to  the  larger  area  of
improved  lands.  The  flood  of  1893  did  a  great
deal  of  damage  at  East  St.  Louis  to  buildings  and
railroads,  and  in  the  destruction  of  other  classes
of  property. — Floods  in  the  Ohio  River  have  been
frequent  and  very  disastrous,  especially  in  the
upper  portions  of  that  stream — usually  resulting
from  sudden  thaws  and  ice-gorges  in  the  early
spring.  With  one  exception,  the  highest  flood  in
the  Ohio,  during  the  present  century,  was  that  of
February,  1832,  when  the  water  at  Cincinnati
reached  an  altitude  of  sixty-four  feet  three
inches.  The  recorded  altitudes  of  others  of  more
recent  occurrence  have  been  as  follows:  Dec.
