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Title
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Flood Heads This Way
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Description
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Residents of Parkville, Missouri, piled up sandbags in preparation of flood waters that could surpass the records set in the 1993 flood. Includes a sidebar "Flood Forecast" which has a map and figures of water stages and the forecast for 2011 plus record crest and year for nine cities along the Missouri River.
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2011-06-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Volunteers Fill Holiday Parade
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Picture of flood waters in Parkville, Missouri, during the annual Fourth of July parade. Some of the usual events had to be relocated due to the flood waters and at least six businesses have temporarily relocated.
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Date
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2011-07-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Troubled Times for the Big Muddy
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Description
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Article on the continuously dropping river bed and water levels of the Missouri River. The system of dikes and reservoirs "that helped keep the Missouri River channel locked in place," and the effects of commercial dredging, drought, and flooding have contributed to the problem by scouring the river bed. River degradation poses challenges to utilities that draw power and drinking water from the river, as well as the structural integrity of bridges and levees and the water and bed levels of connecting tributaries.
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2014-01-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Armstrong Area Lives on at Reunion
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Description
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Article documents planning of a yearly reunion of residents of the former Armstrong neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, to be held August 1-2, 2015. Former residents and descendents of former residents are interviewed and describe the African-American community that was broken up after the flood of 1951 and the expressway construction that followed. A representative from the Wyandotte County Historical Museum states that Armstrong was named after Chief Silas Armstrong of the Wyandot Nation and that it became part of Kansas City, Kansas, in 1886.
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Date
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2015-08-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
