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Knotty pine paneling was installed in the church's Fellowship Hall after Topeka's devastating 1951 flood, the nomination form says. The Kansas Historical Society is seeking to have the cemetery ...
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Working for you, 27 News reached out to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to see if Topeka could experience another flood at 1951 levels. The Northeast Kansas Flood of ...
If you’re in or near downtown Kansas City this Tuesday ... It was the Great Flood of 1951 that convinced city planners to expedite their plans. On July 13, four cargo-laden barges broke free ...
What's Your KCQ is a collaboration between The Star and the Kansas City Public Library ... It was the Great Flood of 1951 that convinced city planners to expedite their plans.
Norman Rockwell’s “The Kansas City Spirit” captured the determination the area showed in rebuilding after the 1951 flood. Nearly 75 years later, it’s as indelible and compelling as ever.
OTTAWA, Kansas — Diana Staresinic-Deane pointed to a painted mark high on the wall of the Old Train Depot Museum lobby. “The 1951 flood mark,” it read. “Ottawa’s entire existence has bee ...
The damage in June and July 1951 across eastern Kansas and Missouri exceeded $935 million (equivalent to $9.76 billion in 2021). The flooding killed 17 people and displaced 518,000 more. July 13 ...
500,000 people, 370,000 in Kansas and 130,000 in Missouri were displaced from their homes and 150 to 200 cities and towns were damaged. 28 people lost their lives as a direct result of the floods. Due ...
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV ... the waters that caused the historic flooding of 1951. Improvements meant the next big one, “The Great Flood of 1993,” was less damaging to the metro than ...