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Shawnee County Historical Society, No. 78

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Title AlternativeFlood! Tales of a rampaging KawCreatorWallace, Douglass W.Dressler, NancyWingerson, RayTorrence, ElonTownsend, RobertMatney, IreneGiles, Fry W.Chapin, EdWilley, FrankBlack, VicRoter, BobKiene, L.L.Boley, LouisBird, Roy, 1952-Hughes, Mabel RenwickKing, James L.Fisher, RobertCrow, BlainePublisherShawnee County Historical SocietyTable of Contents[Front matter, no. 78]
Flood! Tales of a rampaging Kaw
I. The great flood: 1844
The great flood
The bridge flood of 1858
Boom year flood
Island in the river
Felitz' Island
II. The Memorial Day flood: 1903
Story of the flood
Some of the experiences
Hero: Edward Grafstrom
When the Kaw overflowed
The flood class
III. The forgotten floods: 1908, 1915, 1929, 1943
Fireboat #1
A flooding Wakarusa, 1915
The forgotten flood III: 1929
The Kellner patent steel jetty
Wartime flood
IV. The drought flood: 1935
Close call
Dam foolishness: the Kiro dam
Dam foolishness II: the Rossville view
A kinder, gentler Shunganunga
V. The Friday the 13th flood: 1951
Summer of '51
Ghost town
A refuge in time of storm: Topeka churches the night of Friday the 13th
The state of life in time of flood
Saving the waterworks
Good news
Dike of coal at Tecumseh
Flood in the shops
The Santa Fe bridge
Swamp gliders
Stampede
Some flood memories
Home memories
Clean-up
No fun at the five and dime
Flood out in the country
Flood casualty
Hope to the rescue
Melan bridge miscellany
Aftermath
Topeka flood security (1979)
An album of the 1903 floodDescriptionParts originally published in Topeka Daily Capital.
Parts originally published in Shawnee Chief.
Parts originally published in Topeka Capital Journal.
Parts originally published in Topeka State Journal.
Parts originally published in Shawnee County Historical Society Bulletin.
Parts originally published in Rossville Reporter.
Parts originally published in Santa Fe Magazine.
Parts originally published in History of Shawnee County.Date of VolumeDecember 2001VolumeNo. 78Decade1840s-1970sSubjectFloodsNatural disastersWeatherFlood damageFlood controlLeveesFloodplain managementIslandsLand tenureFloods--CleaningDust stormsDust Bowl Era, 1931-1939Matney, IrenePersonal narrativesDisaster reliefInternally displaced personsChurch buildingsPictorial worksContractors--Corrupt practicesBridgesCharity golf tournamentsWilley, FrankWaterworksMunicipal water supplyFelitz, HugoPacking-housesMeat industry and tradeBlack, VicFlood dams and reservoirsHorsesFlood damage preventionAtchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway CompanyRailroad repair shopsOil spillsSearch and rescue boatsFireboatsFire fightingBoley, LouisKansas. National Guard;Grafstrom, EdwardSwedesImmigrantsRescuesDykes (Engineering)Kansas Power and Light CompanyElectric utilitiesTopeka High SchoolCommencement ceremoniesBreadMilkFood supplyRailroad bridgesDikes (Engineering)Kellner, Henry F.BiographyJetties--Design and constructionFormatPDFLanguageengIdentifierTSCPL_LH_SCHSB_1335 to TSCPL_LH_SCHSB_1381

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SeriesBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyPlaceTopeka, KSShunganunga CreekKansas RiverWakarusa, KSWakarusa RiverNorth Topeka, KSRossville, KSTecumseh, KSShawnee County, KS

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