Historedia
Person

Arozina Perkins

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1851

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Arozina Perkins, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Great Flood of 1851 sweeps the Midwestern United States

    1851

    Role: School teacher who documented the muddy conditions in Fort Des Moines prior to the flood

    1. 1851 · IowaRecord Rainfall in Iowa

      Iowa received 74.5 inches of rain in 1851, a record that holds to this day, causing severe flooding.

    2. May-June 1851 · Des Moines River BasinFlooding in the Des Moines River Basin

      The worst flooding occurred in the Des Moines River Basin in May and June 1851, affecting numerous towns.

    3. May 1851 · Fort Des MoinesDestruction of Fort Des Moines

      Much of Fort Des Moines was destroyed in May 1851 as the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers rose to unprecedented heights.

    4. June 1851 · St. Louis, MissouriFlooding Extends to Lower Mississippi

      Heavy rains in the Ohio River basin caused flooding south of St. Louis in 1851, with a June 11 gauge reading at St. Louis approaching 1844 flood levels.

Sources

  1. Des Moines, Iowa Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
  2. Flood of 1851 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-06