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These photographs show destruction caused by the flooding of Council Grove in 1951. Pictured are the Kaw Mission during the flood, pigs seeking refuge from high water on the front porch of a house, high water at a railroad bridge, high water at a brick-paved bridge, and the damaged National Guard Armory.
Date: 1951
Item Number: 316064
Call Number: FK2.M8 C.4 FL.1951 *1-5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 316064
Built Environment - Function - Defense - Arms Storage - Armory
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Road-Related (Vehicular) - Bridge
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1950s - 1951
Environment - Water - Rivers
Environment - Weather - Floods
Home and Family - Residences - Exteriors - Other structures - Porches
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Historic sites - Kaw Mission
Places - Rivers - Neosho
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Photographs
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