ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This booklet is a synthesis of two, more detailed and scholarly, manuscripts about
the history of Bailey�s Dam sponsored by the Vicksburg District, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. These two excellently prepared documents are �Gunboats, Low Water, &
Yankee Ingenuity: A History of Bailey�s Dam� by Dr. Michael C. Robinson, Division
Historian, Lower Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and
�Archaeological Investigation and Preparation of Historic American Engineering
Record Documentation for Lower Bailey�s Dam (16RA90), Rapides Parish, Louisiana� by
David B. Kelley and George J. Castille, archaeologists with Coastal Environments,
Inc. Undoubtedly, we owe Dr. Robinson and Mr. Kelley a great deal of thanks for
allowing us to use their research to complete this booklet. We also would like to
thank Corps archaeologists Kate Yarbrough, Thomas Birchett, and Sheila Lewis for
their help. Finally, this booklet would not have been possible without the editing
skills of archaeologist Nancy W. Hawkins of the Louisiana Division of Archaeology.