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Floods - Council Bluffs
Railroad switch engine pulling off stuck truck on west side of North Western RR city depot, about 4 p.m.
Floods - Council Bluffs
Flooded street, 1943
Floods - Council Bluffs
Tank farm south of Council Bluffs, flooded by Mosquito Creek
Floods - Council Bluffs
Broadway, between the North Western and Illinois Central railroad tracks
Floods - Council Bluffs
North side of Broadway, looking east from 11th Street
Present Dams Would Take 8 Feet Off 52 Flood Crest
If 1952 Flood Happened This Year . . . this chart, prepared by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, shows what would happen at Council Bluffs if the Missouri River flood of April 1952 were to happen today. Because Fort Randall is now impounding water, the…
Floods of 1960
Flood waters surround grain bins on a farm, April 1960
Large Areas Of Iowa Threatened By Floods; Snow Cover Disappearing Fast
A Cloud Of Fog . . . rises from the ice jam which has sealed off the mouth of the Boyer River. The jam extends upstream well beyond this bridge, which is near the Leonard Crispin farm.
Farmers Drive 5,000 Cattle To High Ground Via Rail Route; In Nebraska Flood Situation
Flood Waters Make An Island . . . of adjoining farmsteads a mile north of Ashland as overflow water from Salt Creek surrounds the area.
Floods of 1960
On The Fence Line: Angry overflow waters from the Platte River swirl around fence posts 3 miles east of North Bend, Neb.
Floods of 1960
A Flood Orphan . . . this Hereford calf peers through the windshield opening in the jeep of its rescuer, Merle Sargent, Pacific Junction farmer. Sargent found the day-old youngster as he patrolled the flood-threatened river levee.
No Time To Complain About Mud From House To Barn; Southwest Iowa Scene
Volunteer Helper . . . E.N. Schrimplen of Glenwood lends a hand in moving appliances from the Herb Lincoln home.
Floods Threaten Three Towns In Southwest Iowa; Bartlett Residents Told To Evacuate
Engulfed In Deep Waters . . . are buildings and a car on a farm occupied by Bertha Smith near Pacific Junction.
Floods Threaten Three Towns In Southwest Iowa; Bartlett Residents Told To Evacuate
"Commandeered" County Road . . . north of Highway 34 near the Don Rhoden farm at Pacific Junction is taken over completely by rushing flood waters.
'Watchful Waiting' In S.W. Iowa Flood Areas; Missouri River Bottoms 'One Big Lake'
Desolate And Abandoned . . . farmsteads such as this dotted the flooded sections of Mills and Fremont counties as Missouri River waters spread over much of the bottomland in those two counties.
Overtones Of Lightness And Human Resiliency In Floods; In The Drama Of 'Man And Nature' In Fremont, Mills Counties
An Evacuation Route . . . is kept open by diking Mills county road G into Bartlett. National Guard trucks shuttle in and out of the flood threatened area.
Overtones Of Lightness And Human Resiliency In Floods; In The Drama Of 'Man And Nature' In Fremont, Mills Counties
Shelves Are Emptied . . . in the Bartlett general store by owners Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ware after news of impending flood danger is received.
Overtones Of Lightness And Human Resiliency In Floods; In The Drama Of 'Man And Nature" In Fremont, Mills Counties
A Tense Moment . . . results when Fremont County sheriff, Al Christopher, in white hat, advises group of Bartlett residents that their town will be flooded.
Floods of 1960
Orphans Of Flood: Left behind at the Marion Osborn farm in the haste of flood threatened departure were: the family cat, taking it easy on the roof at the left; the guinea flock, one of which pokes its head above the ridge at the upper left; and some…
Floods of 1960
Flood-Soaked Soybeans . . . stored in this metal bin on the Claude Robertson farm have literally blown the bin apart. Several other metal bins, including a quonset building holding several thousand bushels of shelled corn, have started to bulge and…