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1. "If the Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise" "If the Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise" Fall 2010 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...
2. A Big Hole to Be Filled A Big Hole to Be Filled August/13/1922 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...
3. A Plan to Meet Disaster A Plan to Meet Disaster February//1952 Article regarding the necessity of trained workers for employment in flood control and relief work over untrained volunteers.
4. A Portfolio of New Deal Reconstruction A Portfolio of New Deal Reconstruction November//1936 Photos, maps, and description of the river control and navigation improvements on the Missouri River part of the federal government's New Deal. Description of the "six-foot channel between St. Louis and...
5. 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...
6. Biography of Jay B. Dillingham (1910-2007), Businessman Biography of Jay B. Dillingham (1910-2007), Businessman 2009;
7. Biography of John B. Gage (1887-1970), Mayor Biography of John B. Gage (1887-1970), Mayor 2008
8. 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...
9. Brush Creek Progress Offers Hope for the Future Brush Creek Progress Offers Hope for the Future June/17/1985 Call for improvements to Brush Creek to prevent a repeat of the flood of September 1977 that killed 25 people and caused $66 million in damages.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Corps Promises Changes Corps Promises Changes November 8, 2011 "Under pressure from Congress and states, the Army Corps of Engineers said Monday that it will change its approach to operating Missouri River dams with the aim of reducing prospects for future flooding."...
13. Correction Correction June//1952 Correction to the April 26 article by Richard G. Baumhoff in "The Nation" magazine, notably the editing mistake about the author's comments on the part of the Missouri River valley affected by the 1951...
14. Dam the Missouri Floods! Dam the Missouri Floods! April/26/1952 Brief article about the proposed engineering project on the Missouri River to be regulated by its own comprehensive federal agency, covering flood control, electrical energy, soil conservation, navigation,...
15. Damming the Kaw: The Kiro Controversy and Flood Control in the Great Depression Damming the Kaw: The Kiro Controversy and Flood Control in the Great Depression Spring, 2003 Article retells the history of a depression era (1933) flood control project to dam the Kansas River and create a giant lake between Kiro Dam and Manhattan, Kansas. It not only would control flooding but...
16. Dividends of Good Government Dividends of Good Government March 21, 1951 Page from the _Kansas City Star_, March 21, 1951, with rough map showing the Northeast Industrial District and the flood protection measures taken there.
17. Engineering and Mining--The Improvement of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers Engineering and Mining--The Improvement of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers August//1882 Extracts from a speech by Robert Van Horn (national representative from Missouri and former mayor of Kansas City) delivered "in the House" of Representatives in 1882 concerning the management and control...
18. 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...
19. First Overhaul on Brush Creek First Overhaul on Brush Creek June 20, 1962 The paving of the creek bed began in November 1935, at a cost originally estimated at $1,395,000, and at one time employed 1,647 WPA workers. Concrete was laid eight to 10 inches thick and 70 feet wide....
20. Flood Control at Kansas City: How a River Is Being Diverted and Carried Through a Hill Flood Control at Kansas City: How a River Is Being Diverted and Carried Through a Hill December 1922 Article about the construction of a tunnel at Turkey Creek to divert flood waters potentially repeating 1903 flood levels.