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'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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Flood of 1952 File #6
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Flood of 1952 File #3
Refugees debark at Pacific Junction IA