Download or read book Columbus and the Great Flood of 1913 written by Conrade C. Hinds and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning on Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913, Columbus and the Ohio Valley endured a downpour that would produce the largest flood in one hundred years. Heavy rains came on the heels of an especially cold winter, resulting in a torrent of runoff over saturated and frozen ground. Rivers and streams quickly overflowed and levees failed, sending tsunami-like floodwater into unsuspecting communities and claiming four hundred lives. There were ninety-six deaths in Columbus alone when the swollen Scioto River emptied water that ran nine to seventeen feet deep through the streets of the near west side. Join Conrade C. Hinds and the Columbus Landmarks Foundation in a closer look at a flood disaster that reshaped the American Midwest.
Download or read book Greatest Flood of the Century Ohio Valley Pittsburgh to Cairo January 1937 written by and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937 written by James E. Casto and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the time settlers first pushed into the Ohio Valley, floods were an accepted fact of life. After each flood, people shoveled the mud from their doors and set about rebuilding their towns. In 1884, the Ohio River washed away 2,000 homes. In 1913, an even worse flood swept down the river. People labeled it the "granddaddy" of all floods. Little did they know there was worse yet to come. In 1937, raging floodwaters inundated thousands of houses, businesses, factories, and farms in a half dozen states, drove one million people from their homes, claimed nearly 400 lives, and recorded $500 million in damages. Adding to the misery was the fact that the disaster came during the depths of the Depression, when many families were already struggling. Images of America: The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937 brings together 200 vintage images that offer readers a look at one of the darkest chapters in the region's history.
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Download or read book The Great Flood of 1884 in the Ohio Valley The Rise and Fall of the Waters From Pittsburgh to Cairo Together With Useful and Important Information and Statistics Also the Work of the Gallipolis Relief Committee written by John L Vance and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive account of the Great Flood of 1884 in the Ohio Valley details the devastating impact of one of America's worst natural disasters. From Pittsburgh to Cairo, the rise and fall of the waters is chronicled alongside useful information and statistics, as well as the work of the Gallipolis Relief Committee. A must-read for those interested in Ohio Valley history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Thousand Year Flood written by David Welky and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early days of 1937, the Ohio River, swollen by heavy winter rains, began rising. And rising. And rising. By the time the waters crested, the Ohio and Mississippi had climbed to record heights. Nearly four hundred people had died, while a million more had run from their homes. The deluge caused more than half a billion dollars of damage at a time when the Great Depression still battered the nation. Timed to coincide with the flood's seventy-fifth anniversary, The Thousand-Year Flood is the first comprehensive history of one of the most destructive disasters in American history. David Welky first shows how decades of settlement put Ohio valley farms and towns at risk and how politicians and planners repeatedly ignored the dangers. Then he tells the gripping story of the river's inexorable rise: residents fled to refugee camps and higher ground, towns imposed martial law, prisoners rioted, Red Cross nurses endured terrifying conditions, and FDR dispatched thousands of relief workers. In a landscape fraught with dangers—from unmoored gas tanks that became floating bombs to powerful currents of filthy floodwaters that swept away whole towns—people hastily raised sandbag barricades, piled into overloaded rowboats, and marveled at water that stretched as far as the eye could see. In the flood's aftermath, Welky explains, New Deal reformers, utopian dreamers, and hard-pressed locals restructured not only the flood-stricken valleys, but also the nation's relationship with its waterways, changes that continue to affect life along the rivers to this day. A striking narrative of danger and adventure—and the mix of heroism and generosity, greed and pettiness that always accompany disaster—The Thousand-Year Flood breathes new life into a fascinating yet little-remembered American story.
Download or read book The Floods of 1913 in the Rivers of the Ohio and Lower Mississippi Valleys written by Alfred Judson Henry and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ohio Basin is second in size of the six great natural divisions of the Mississippi Basin, yet it ranks first in importance in the causation of damaging floods in the larger stream. The topography of the basin in the western and northern portions is generally flat and rolling, but between those portions and the eastern and southern boundaries of the basin almost all conditions of surface contour may be found. It should be remembered that the eastern and southern boundaries, for the most part, lie along the crests of the Alleghenies and related mountain ranges, and that down the ragged western slopes of these mountains flow the streams which form the southern tributaries of such rivers as the Monongahela, the Little Kanawha, The Great Kanawha, the Big Sandy, the Kentucky, the Cumberland, and the Tennessee. On the headwaters of these rivers the slopes are steep, gradually becoming less as the lowlands are reached"--Introduction.
Download or read book Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters Aerica s Greatest Calamity written by Thomas Herbert Russell and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tragic Story of America s Greatest Disaster Tornado Flood and Fire in Ohio Indiana Nebraska and Mississippi Valley written by Marshall Everett and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Flood of 1884 in the Ohio Valley written by Citizens' Relief Committee (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ohio Valley Flood of March April 1913 written by A. H. Horton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ohio Valley Flood of March April, 1913: Including Comparisons With Some Earlier Floods Investigations of stream flow are now in progress by the United States Geological Survey in many parts Of the Ohio River basin, and can readily be extended to cover the whole area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Photographic Scenes Ohio Valley s Greatest Flood Louisville and Frankfort Ky Jeffersonville and New Albany Indiana written by Harry H.] [Hamm and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book America s Greatest Flood and Tornado Calamity written by Herbert Victor Prochnow and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Flood of 1884 in the Ohio Valley the Rise and Fall of the Waters from Pittsburgh to Cairo Together with Useful and Important Informatio written by John L. VanCe and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book A History of the Three Major Floods in the Ohio Valley written by Virginia Dare Stout and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OHIO VALLEY FLOOD OF MARCH APR written by A. H. (Albert Howard) 1875-1945 Horton and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
