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1. Aids to Navigation on the Missouri River: Concrete Piles Employed in Dam Construction Aids to Navigation on the Missouri River: Concrete Piles Employed in Dam Construction February/15/1913 Photos and article about the modification of the course of the Missouri River at Elwood Bend, Missouri, just north of Saint Joseph, and at Fort Riley, Kansas, with concrete dams built to improve navigation...
2. Big Magic for the Big Muddy Big Magic for the Big Muddy September//1944 Photos, map, illustrations, and article about the plans for flood prevention, navigation, and irrigation on the Missouri River Valley and directly affecting Kansas City. Mention of "the teeming war industry...
3. Boom on the Missouri Boom on the Missouri October/13/1946 Article with large photos, map, and captions about the proposed "broad plan for control and development--an MVA like the TVA" of the Missouri River valley, with dams to be built by the United States Army...
4. Business Beat: Groundbreaking April 5 Business Beat: Groundbreaking April 5 April//1975 Description of a project to study water resource management in regard to urban planning.
5. Busy Days on the Big Muddy Busy Days on the Big Muddy November//1963 Illustrations (by artist Robert Andrew Parker, or Robert Parker) and article about the riverboats carrying cargo downstream on the Missouri River, with many depictions of barges, their pilots, and river...
6. Civil Engineering: Dams for Domestic Needs Civil Engineering: Dams for Domestic Needs July/26/1947 Article about the Garrison Dam project on the Missouri River, designed both to provide a water reservoir for irrigation and for flood control upstream of Garrison, North Dakota.
7. Digging Out Kansas City Business Digging Out Kansas City Business August/4/1951 Recovery from flood involving literally digging business buildings out from the "evil-smelling mud."
8. Engineering: Taming Missouri River Engineering: Taming Missouri River August/9/1947 News about four dams on tributaries of the Missouri River to control flooding, including "the Kortes and the Boysen dams in Wyoming, Angostura in South Dakota, and the Enders in Nebraska," all part of...
9. Flood Waters Roll into History as New Marks Are Set, Controls Talk Revives Flood Waters Roll into History as New Marks Are Set, Controls Talk Revives July/26/1951 Description with numerous photos of the flood, accompanied by engineering plans to prevent a similar reoccurrence.
10. From One Dam, More Power and Water for a Sixth of U. S. From One Dam, More Power and Water for a Sixth of U. S. August/8/1958 Article about the hydroelectric power and reservoir water gained by the new Oahe Dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota, providing both flood control and irrigation water for farmers, built by the United...
11. History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River, etc. History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River, etc. July/2/1903 Review of a book called "History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River" by Hiram M. Chittenden, an Army Corps of Engineers officer with first-hand knowledge of its dangers and landmarks....
12. How Superflood Wrecked Kansas City How Superflood Wrecked Kansas City July/21/1951 Brief account of the flood damage and the city's recovery.
13. How to Stop Floods: Answers from General Pick, Top Man for River Control How to Stop Floods: Answers from General Pick, Top Man for River Control April/25/1952 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...
14. Idyll in the Ozarks Idyll in the Ozarks June/25/1955 Article about the fishing, boating, and other water recreation in rivers in the Missouri Ozarks, mostly soon to be flooded by dams by the unpopular Army Corps of Engineers, with map and photos.
15. Land of the Big Muddy Land of the Big Muddy September/1/1952 Article about the various aspects, including flooding, irrigation from dammed reservoirs, hydroelectricity, and flood control, of the Missouri River, with several large photos.
16. Longview Farm: "The World's Most Beautiful Farm" Longview Farm: "The World's Most Beautiful Farm" October//1989 Article about the Longview Farm ,country estate of Robert A. Long, "the most successful lumberman of his day." It was begun in 1913 with architect Henry Hoit having 50 rooms on 1,636 acres. Now listed...
17. Missouri Waltzes to New Bed Missouri Waltzes to New Bed July/12/1952 Illustrated map and article about the shifting of the Missouri River (partly from flooding and partly engineered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers) between Saint Joseph, Missouri (about 50 miles...
18. Missouri: St. Joe Blues Missouri: St. Joe Blues May/19/1952 Illustrated map and article about the shifting of the Missouri River (partly from flooding and partly engineered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers) between Saint Joseph, Missouri (about 50 miles...
19. National Affairs: Spring Flood Waters Roll On; Controls Stymied by Bickering National Affairs: Spring Flood Waters Roll On; Controls Stymied by Bickering April/28/1952 Article about "the worst flood since 1844" in the Missouri River valley, with description of flood control measures led by the Army Corps of Engineers, from Sioux City, Nebraska, to Saint Louis, Missouri,...
20. Pick Raises Kaw Flood Damage Estimate to $990 Million; Called Conservative Pick Raises Kaw Flood Damage Estimate to $990 Million; Called Conservative August/2/1951 Photos and text about the unprecedented damage and prices for repairing and adding flood prevention measures.