Cots Fill Gymnasium...at Abraham Lincoln High School, the main evacuation center set up by the Red Cross. More than 250 evacuees took refuge in this center as the appalling river threatened their homes. Other Red Cross shelters cared for a total of…
Today...new buildings have replaced those of the 1890s. At 16 N. Main St. is a loan company office. And the American Red Cross offices occupy the space 1t 18 N. Main. Of course there are no horses and wagons.