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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I to raise rapidly, bringing down flood-wood, railroad ties, trees and all manner of debris and to add to the horror, at about 8 o'clock a tremendous wall of water came down Tucker Gulch on the north side of Clear Creek, forcing its way through the center of town, carrying death and destruction in its path. At the point where the gulch debuches through a narrow passage in Clark's Garden Addition water marks show that the body of water must have been fully 30 feet deep." Three people were reported to have died in this flood. "The biggest loss, no doubt, was the extensive damage to the highway in Golden Ga te ca nyon . . . . " Flood of June 7, 1948 - Rocky Mountain News, June 8, 1948 HEADLINE: "Golden Flash Flood Damage Near $500,000" "A cloudburst in the mountains northwest of Golden sent a 25 foot wall of water flashing down normally dry Tuckers Gulch through the northern section of Golden early yesterday causing damage estimated at between a quarter and a half mill ion dollars." Flood of June 25, 1941 - Jefferson County Republican, June 26, 1941 HEADLINE: "Golden Visited By Biggest Flood in Forty-five Years" "A rain in the mountains to the north and west of Golden was estimated at from two to five inches and came within about a thirty-minute period. Soon afterwards Clear Creek, Tucker Gulch and its tributaries were raging torrents washing everything in its path..." "In northeast G,olden, one family was driven from their home, many others were put on guard to protect their property, at least two bridges were washed out, including the tramway bridge on 44th,..." ".. .Many of the homes in the Tucker Gulch section were 1 ittered with debris and 9iven a nice coating of mud. City street employees are credited with hauling 153 loads of mud from one block on 9th street, between Jackson and Ford. As the water left the banks of Tucker Gulch. it quickly filled the basement home of the Oppen1ander family who escaped by crawl i ng out of a window..." "As the water reached sufficient heighth it overflowed into Ford street, some turned west on 9th, then south on Washington across the corner of the park, across the lawn of the Nazarene church and on into Clear Creek..." ".. .Just below the Coors greenhouse, four head of cattle and a brown bear were washed upon shore, evidently they had come from several miles upstream. "A 1 though no one was reported kill ed or injured seri ous1y, three small houses and two railway and three automobile bridges were washed away, basements flooded and lawns and streets covered with tons of silt and debris." "The stream in the canon (sic). normally only a trickle, soon was out of its banks and washed out state highway 58 in several places. Another wall of water poured down Crawford's Gulch into Golden Gate Canon (sic) and then on to the outskirts of Golden where a third normally dry gulch, Christman (sic) Gulch, poured additional water into the stream. The water from the three streams poured into Tucker's Gulch and backed up behind a bridge carrying the railway spur to the Golden Fire Brick Co. plant, north of town. When the bridge was washed out, the wall of water swept on down, carry- ing out the second railway bridge, the three automobile bridges and the ma in gas 1 i ne of the Colorado Wyomi ng Gas Co...." "Old timers in Golden were in disagreement as to whether yesterday's flood was worse than the one in 1896." - Jefferson County Republican, June 9, 1948 "...A1though two houses were swept from their foundations and dissolved in the roaring torrent and many thousands ,of dollars damage was done 4