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While the
Napoleon Channel enabled river traffic to follow a more direct route, the river's new course caused its waters to flow close to the town of Napoleon, then the seat of Desha County. High waters in 1868 and 1874 destroyed and permanently submerged part of the town, and by 1882, it was no
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336:"Napoleon (Desha County)"
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