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<br />town of ,ount"in waS without ~atar this morning when the lC.inoh
<br />wat..r main from the r~servoir '~aS w,,;had out whsre it OrOsses ,oun-
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<br />East of Security.Widefiald on the Clarence ,oster
<br />RanCh, re.icents climbed to the top of high cot~onwoods
<br />to ~~GS~~ wdl~"~ f10udng dOion ::;"nd Creek",
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<br />t;:in C~s8k... Loss fron flood 10 Raised To $1, 7~9,COO 8y Estimate
<br />Of City, County, 5tate."
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<br />This flood did not causs appreoiable da~ags at Color~do
<br />Spdngs, but oaused severe domage further do'~nstrc"m. Jimmy C"",p
<br />Creek flow was estim~ted to bs 124,COC c.f.s. ~t ~ point 4! miles
<br />upstreo'" from its oonfluencewith four>tain Creek. A book sntitled
<br />"Vallsy of the fountain" by H. Kay 6r~nder Larson conhir;s ths fol_
<br />lowir;g p~ssages ~hich deeoribe the flood's effects in Color~do Sprir;gs'
<br />south suburbs, the town of fountain, and nearby er;virons:
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<br />Thio meek stre~", [fountair~... usually OAuis" ~
<br />minimun amou~t of s~rf~cs wetsr... Duri~g flood stages
<br />it r8~ehed e ~eight of IJ to 12 feot ir; depth and a ~ile
<br />wide ~lo~g thio "trp~~h of cou~tryside.
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<br />Scenes of d~mage" infliot8d by historic flood; of the
<br />past arO "hawn in figures 1 and 2 or; ~age8 that follo~, The fountain
<br />Crg~k flood pi~tc,re", by Stew arts Corn,"8rci~1 Photogt:"I"Met:", .~BrO
<br />f~rnish8d by ~ootorn Hi~tory Dspartmc~t, Penrose Pubiic Library,
<br />CoLorado Springs, Colorado. ThQ Ji~my Ce~p Cr..ek flood pioture in
<br />figure 2 ~aS fucnished ty tho Security Advertiser and fountain V~115Y
<br />News, Fcuntain, Colorado.
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<br />Millions of dollars in damages wers wrought ir; the
<br />Valley during the dieastrous flood of June 17, 1965,
<br />the lateet in its long history.
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<br />HailstonGS as big as tennis b~lls fell ir; ~hB Socurity-
<br />J/idefisld, St=etmoor HiUs_Str"t'''oor V~lley, end Fountain
<br />communities I~or;dey afternoon", At the entrance to Wide_
<br />fiele off U.S. Highway 65.87, flood~"ters running bank
<br />Iligh ill the drein~g~ di:o), ""sh~d aw"y th~ ro"dbed H5
<br />~sll as concrate linas on tn~ ditoh. Wete~ c~asting on
<br />Sa~d (Ji~my C~~~) Creek with waveo cigh~ foot high put
<br />a rollsr ,coa5tar bend in the bridy~ on tha "Q~<.J la~ding
<br />to Littla Aar;ohes of the. rountain, The r;axt onslaught
<br />cf weter ",eshed tr;is b~idge out completely ~5 ~ell a~ th~
<br />rai1road trestls on the tracks Z mile south, Residents
<br />of U's are~ e"$t 01' rount~in were forced to wada the
<br />stre~m or go miles ~round to m"lin traffic ..rteries.
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<br />At th8 h8ight of the storm, muddy waters poured
<br />down rountain'e mair; tho~oughfor~, Sant~ f~ Orive, wS9h-
<br />ir;g a hug.. gully ~t tho north ~nd of the bL"i<.Jga ~outh of
<br />to~n aCrose founta!., Creek. The bridge across Crew'~
<br />Guloh, on Mighway 85-87 ~etweon fount3in and Security,
<br />crulnplad "hen the full '~aight of the flood hit it,
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<br />S8y~r..l p~rson~, atta,nptir;g to trav~rs6 the highway
<br />at Harrison rnteroh~r;ge, drowned when th~ir c~r w~o
<br />~wb~e~9Bd ty roiling ~"tars.
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