Exhibit at Everett St. gallery is a trip through Morgan City history

Want to take a stroll down Front Street in 1912 or 1927? Better roll up your pant legs.
And because you’re ready for high water, how about dangling your feet in the swimming pool that was once carved out of the Atchafalaya River to reassure anxious parents?
You can see that and more at the upcoming Living Along the Atchafalaya historical exhibition, which opens Tuesday at the Everett Street Gallery and runs through Oct. 31.
Greig Chauvin, who became interested in the history of Morgan City as she became interested in her own family’s history, developed the exhibit, a series of more than 30 tabletop-sized posters. Each focuses on a different aspect of local history.
The exhibit was made possible by a grant from the H&B Young Foundation, another in a long list of endowments by the foundation for local civic projects.
In fact, the Youngs appear on one of the posters, which notes that the family leased land to shipbuilders to help the home-front effort during World War I and World War II.
Also in the exhibit:
—Displays on the flood of 1912, shown in photos by Frank Prohaska.
—Photos from the construction of the Long-Allen Bridge, which was floated into place to span Berwick Bay.
—The story of the Spirit of Morgan City, the iconic shrimp boat that now serves as a monument to an important local industry.
—The history of the Shrimp & Petroleum Festival, including a 1944 re-enactment of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
—Multiple displays showing photos of the 1927 flood, which “was considered a biblical event,” according to one display.
—A local angle involving Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the infamous Depression-era gangsters who considered robbing a Berwick bank, but had a change of heart.
—The story of the Mosquito Fleet, a makeshift flotilla that carried Confederate troops from Berwick to what is now Morgan City, handing Union troops a defeat.
The gallery will be open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. A voice narration of the exhibit is available through the Explore Morgan City app.