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Title: Water Resources Development by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Missouri
Description: Description of the flood control projects in the Kansas City area, especially concerning the West Bottoms area after the 1951 flood.
Date: 1965
Object Type: Report

Title: Digging Out Kansas City Business
Description: Recovery from flood involving literally digging business buildings out from the "evil-smelling mud."
Date: 1951-08-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Flood Waters Roll into History as New Marks Are Set, Controls Talk Revives
Description: Description with numerous photos of the flood, accompanied by engineering plans to prevent a similar reoccurrence.
Date: 1951-07-26
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: How Superflood Wrecked Kansas City
Description: Brief account of the flood damage and the city's recovery.
Date: 1951-07-21
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: How to Stop Floods: Answers from General Pick, Top Man for River Control
Description: Interview of "General Lewis Pick, Chief of the Army's Corps of Engineers and coauthor of the Pick-Sloan Plan for harnessing the Missouri" River, with his answers on how to stop the floods of the Missouri River Basin, highlighting the 1951 flood, with photos and large illustrated map.
Date: 1952-04-25
Object Type: Magazine Article

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