The Islands in the Mississippi above the mouth of the Ohio
are all named, and below the Ohio they are numbered. Island No. 1 is below Cairo, and they continue
in numerical order to No. 125 at or near Tunica Bend, in Louisiana, about 120
miles above New Orleans. From that point
to its mouth, the river is clear of islands.
– Published in the Iowa State Register, Weekly
Edition, Des Moines Iowa, Wednesday, April 16, 1862, p. 1
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