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Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area, looking north of bridges spanning Kansas River and the stockyards.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951: The Great Flood
Description: Photos and article about the 1951 flood, "the second major flood of Kansas City, Kansas history" and the author's experiences in surviving it.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge during 1903 Flood
Description: The Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge over the Kansas River during the 1903 flood. The people in the image are standing at the footing of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, which was washed away during the flood.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge during 1903 Flood
Description: High water at at the Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge over the Kansas River during the 1903 flood.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Damming the Kaw: The Kiro Controversy and Flood Control in the Great Depression
Description: Article retells the history of a depression era (1933) flood control project to dam the Kansas River and create a giant lake between Kiro Dam and Manhattan, Kansas. It not only would control flooding but it would provide thousands of jobs and help bring economic recovery to the area. Contains numerous maps, photos, and footnotes.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: In the Wake of the Floods
Description: Article about the flood control projects of the Pick-Sloan plan, a federal program set up before the 1951 flood but not built in time to prevent disasters caused along the Kansas and Missouri Rivers in 1951, with photos.
Date: 1951-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity from Mouth to Argentine, KS
Description: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity from Mouth to Argentine, KS. Showing topography of channel, railroads, bridges, buildings, and adjacent streets. Compiled from original surveys made in conjunction with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. "Plate 1" from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity
Description: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity. Showing topography of channel, railroads, bridges, buildings, and adjacent streets. Compiled from original surveys made in conjunction with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. "Plate 6" from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity
Description: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity. Showing topography of channel, railroads, bridges, buildings, and adjacent streets. Compiled from original surveys made in conjunction with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. "Plate 3" from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity
Description: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity. Showing topography of channel, railroads, bridges, buildings, and adjacent streets. Compiled from original surveys made in conjunction with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. "Plate 7" from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity
Description: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity. Showing topography of channel, railroads, bridges, buildings, and adjacent streets. Compiled from original surveys made in conjunction with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. "Plate 5" from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity
Description: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity. Showing topography of channel, railroads, bridges, buildings, and adjacent streets. Compiled from original surveys made in conjunction with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. "Plate 4" from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Index Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity
Description: Index Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity. To accompany large scale, detail, maps of same territory showing position and scope of each. Reduced from compilation of original surveys made in connection with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. Index to Kaw River Plates 1-7 from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity
Description: Map of the Kaw River and Vicinity. Showing topography of channel, railroads, bridges, buildings, and adjacent streets. Compiled from original surveys made in conjunction with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. "Plate 2" from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Missouri River at Mouth of Kaw
Description: Map of Missouri River at mouth of Kaw. Showing topography of channel, railroads, bridges, buildings, and adjacent streets. Compiled from original surveys made in conjunction with the investigation of floods in the Kaw River. "MO River Plate" from set of 9 maps.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Map

Title: Railroad tracks along Kaw River
Description: Santa Fe main line tracks between the Kaw River and the adjacent bluffs, looking east from the 7th Street Bridge. Photograph is part of proposed flood control projects to raise levees and railroad tracks along the Kaw River.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: In the Bend of the Kaw
Description: Part I-Earliest Settlements, 1825-1854. The author includes quotes from standard sources. Part II-"The Farmers Came" 1855-1879 (V.1#7, p.276-279.) Part III-"Take 'er Down an 'turn 'er", 1875-1900 (V.1,#8, p.325-330) Final in series - "And the Floods Came", 1901-1951 (V.1, #9, p.380-385).
Date: 2002
Object Type: Magazine Article

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