One of the deadliest epidemics in American history occurred in 1878 in the Mississippi River Valley. Spreading by riverboat upstream from New Orleans, hundreds of thousands of people living in the Mississippi River Valley became ill with a then-mysterious and deadly disease: yellow fever.
Deadly Yellow Jack
Deadly Yellow Jack
Deadly Yellow Jack
One of the deadliest epidemics in American history occurred in 1878 in the Mississippi River Valley. Spreading by riverboat upstream from New Orleans, hundreds of thousands of people living in the Mississippi River Valley became ill with a then-mysterious and deadly disease: yellow fever.