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In this document, Edith Monfort asks the Republican nominee Eisenhower to take a leadership position on the proposed solution to flood control in Kansas. Three Kansas dams have been proposed, Tuttle Creek, Milford and Perry. The Kansas Watershed Association questions judgment of this proposal. Eisenhower grew up in Abilene, Kansas.
Creator: Monfort, Edith
Date: August 19, 1952
Item Number: 219885
Call Number: K 627.8 Pam V
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219885
Agriculture - Environment - Landscape
Agriculture - Environment - Water
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Floods
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Government farm programs - Conservation - Soil Conservation Service
Built Environment - Function - Landscape - Conservation Area
Collections - Library
Date - 1950s - 1952
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969
Places - Lakes and reservoirs - Milford
Places - Lakes and reservoirs - Perry
Places - Lakes and reservoirs - Tuttle Creek
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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