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| Title | "If the Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise" |
| Abstract | Title continues: "Flood Control and the Displaced Rural Communities of Irving and Broughton, Kansas." This study looks at the displacement of two Kansas towns and the residents involved, as a result of government flood control programs. The author gives a brief flood history of Kansas, with mention of the Kansas City and Topeka metropolitan areas. The article includes an image of the Missouri River basin and an image from the 1903 flood in Kansas City. |
| Author | Robin A. Hanson
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| Date | Fall 2010 |
| Source | Great Plains Quarterly |
| Location | Periodicals |
| Publisher | The Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Volume | 30 |
| Number | 4 |
| Page | 251-269 |
| Subject | Flood control
Floods
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| Local Subject | Milford Lake
Rural communities
Tuttle Creek Lake
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Magazine Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| CONTENTdm number | 39401 |
