Shreveport

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1873–1893

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Shreveport, 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. Yellow fever epidemic in the Mississippi Valley

   1873–1893

   Role: Site of prior epidemic prompting precautions

   1. 1August–November 1873 · Shreveport, Louisiana1873 Shreveport Precautions

      The 1873 epidemic in Shreveport prompted the National Quarantine Act of 1878 and regional precautions.

   2. 21878 (started by March) · Lower Mississippi Valley1878 Mississippi Valley Outbreak

      A severe yellow fever epidemic swept through the lower Mississippi Valley in 1878; Memphis recorded more than 5,000 deaths in its official register.

   3. 31879–1893 · Memphis1879 Memphis Sanitary Reform

      Memphis lost its charter and formed new health organizations following the 1878 epidemic.

Sources

1. Lower Mississippi Valley yellow fever epidemic of 1878 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06