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Title: Turkey Creek Flood Scene
Description: Photograph of Turkey Creek in the West Bottoms. Debris from an unknown flood can be seen . The American Royal Exposition Building and sheep barn can be seen in the background. The image was taken from an area west of Brook Street at about 23rd street and faces northwest.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Boulevard Flood
Description: Scene of the flooding of Turkey Creek onto Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. Debris and people visible in street. The side of one building says J.R. Elliott Fancy and Staple Groceries.
Date: 1914-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Control at Kansas City: How a River Is Being Diverted and Carried Through a Hill
Description: Article about the construction of a tunnel at Turkey Creek to divert flood waters.
Date: 1922-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Turkey Creek Sewer One of the Largest Yet Built
Description: Article describing the new Turkey Creek sewer, its immense size, and its role in flood prevention, with maps and engineering drawings.
Date: 1921-11-17
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Historic Spots or Mile-Stones in the Progress of Wyandotte County, Kansas
Description: History of the natural and mad-made changes in the course of Turkey Creek in Kansas City, Kansas, since its original surveying in 1823 by Joseph C. Brown, including Rosedale, Kansas, and the West Bottoms.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Book

Title: Turkey Creek Pumping Station
Description: View of debris from the 1951 Flood outside the Turkey Creek Pumping Station.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City, State and Nation: Midwest Floods Inspire Cooperation
Description: Article covering flooding and clogging of the Turkey Creek Pumping Station leads to shortage of clean water in spite of the increased water accumulation.
Date: 1951-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City, Mo., Just Missed a Water Famine
Description: Article about the inundation of the Water Department's Turkey Creek pumping station by the 1951 flood, nearly leading to a total lack of water supply for the city, with map.
Date: 1951-08-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City Building World's Largest Sewer
Description: Article about the construction of Kansas City's new sewer to prevent flooding of Turkey Creek, "declared to be the largest ever constructed on this continent or abroad," with photos.
Date: 1922-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 20 Years Later, We Dread the Next Flood
Description: Article focuses upon remembrance of the flood that impacted the Kansas City area during the summer of 1993. Business and property owners in the affected areas are interviewed and discuss both their recollections and fear of future floods. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and other river management agencies are interviewed and discuss past projects aimed at improving flood control in the area and risk factors that may lead to similar flood disasters.
Date: 2013-06-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A Big Hole to Be Filled
Description: Photo and caption about the construction of the Turkey Creek pumping station at 25th and Fairmount Avenue, costing $102,000 and overseen by "Paul A. Hartung, chief of the sewer division of the city engineer's office."
Date: 1922-08-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: SC167 Kansas City Stockyards
Description: The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one of Kansas City's most important industries. This collection documents the natural and built environment of the Kansas City Stockyards and West Bottoms from 1828-1983. It is a mostly oversized collection of blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, land abstracts, photos, and correspondence. Some items from this collection have been digitized and are available to view in the "Stockyards" Digital Collection, http://www.kchistory.org/digital-collections.
Date: 1828/1983
Object Type: Finding Aid

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