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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.
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.
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.
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.
Five Days Of Thawing Weather Is Forecast; Should Dispose of Snow; Flood Question Should Be Settled This Week March 28, 1960
Indian Creek . . . reflects little activity from the spring thaw. Here, at Second Ave., only a shallow stream cuts a path through ice and snow.
Floods of 1960
Flood waters surround grain bins on a farm, April 1960
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 - Council Bluffs
North side of Broadway, looking east from 11th Street
Floods - Council Bluffs
Broadway, between the North Western and Illinois Central railroad tracks
Floods - Council Bluffs
Tank farm south of Council Bluffs, flooded by Mosquito Creek
Floods - Council Bluffs
Flooded street, 1943
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
Looking East on Broadway from Eleventh Street, Council Bluffs, IA
Floods - Council Bluffs
The Poudre in flood, looking west from the Oak Street Bridge, May 21, 1904
Floods - Council Bluffs
Barge on the Missouri River