Listed as Missing
On May 30, 1935 in the middle of the Dust Bowl, one of the greatest droughts the Great Plains has seen, a historic flood swept through the Republican River, creating devastation along it's path.
As stated on the historical marker at Orleans, Nebraska, "On May 30, 1935, torrential rains fell in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska; by early morning of the 31st, the usually peaceful Republican River was running bluff-to-bluff along its upper reaches. When the waters subsided two days later, over 100 lives had been lost and many millions of dollars of damage had been done..." Thus begins our story about the flood.
"The entire Republican-Kansas River Valley is well provided with tributary streams, and numerous tributaries join the main river, both from the north and from the south. Many of these tributaries are comparatively short, with a total fall of 200 to 300 feet, so that storm run-off is delivered quickly from them to the main stream."
On May 30, 1935 in the middle of the Dust Bowl, one of the greatest droughts the Great Plains has seen, a historic flood swept through the Republican River, creating devastation along it's path.
As stated on the historical marker at Orleans, Nebraska, "On May 30, 1935, torrential rains fell in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska; by early morning of the 31st, the usually peaceful Republican River was running bluff-to-bluff along its upper reaches. When the waters subsided two days later, over 100 lives had been lost and many millions of dollars of damage had been done..." Thus begins our story about the flood.
"The entire Republican-Kansas River Valley is well provided with tributary streams, and numerous tributaries join the main river, both from the north and from the south. Many of these tributaries are comparatively short, with a total fall of 200 to 300 feet, so that storm run-off is delivered quickly from them to the main stream."
Listed as Missing
On May 30, 1935 in the middle of the Dust Bowl, one of the greatest droughts the Great Plains has seen, a historic flood swept through the Republican River, creating devastation along it's path.
As stated on the historical marker at Orleans, Nebraska, "On May 30, 1935, torrential rains fell in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska; by early morning of the 31st, the usually peaceful Republican River was running bluff-to-bluff along its upper reaches. When the waters subsided two days later, over 100 lives had been lost and many millions of dollars of damage had been done..." Thus begins our story about the flood.
"The entire Republican-Kansas River Valley is well provided with tributary streams, and numerous tributaries join the main river, both from the north and from the south. Many of these tributaries are comparatively short, with a total fall of 200 to 300 feet, so that storm run-off is delivered quickly from them to the main stream."
On May 30, 1935 in the middle of the Dust Bowl, one of the greatest droughts the Great Plains has seen, a historic flood swept through the Republican River, creating devastation along it's path.
As stated on the historical marker at Orleans, Nebraska, "On May 30, 1935, torrential rains fell in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska; by early morning of the 31st, the usually peaceful Republican River was running bluff-to-bluff along its upper reaches. When the waters subsided two days later, over 100 lives had been lost and many millions of dollars of damage had been done..." Thus begins our story about the flood.
"The entire Republican-Kansas River Valley is well provided with tributary streams, and numerous tributaries join the main river, both from the north and from the south. Many of these tributaries are comparatively short, with a total fall of 200 to 300 feet, so that storm run-off is delivered quickly from them to the main stream."
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IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE FLOOD OF MAY 31. 1935. THE REPUBLICAN RIVER.
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