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Excerpta from the "Longmont Timea-Call" Tueaday-June7,1949 Excerpt from the "Longmont Times-Call" Monday-August 6, 1951 Flood to Victims Boil all are Urged Water Flood A warning to residents in the flood area where wells and streams may have been contaminated to boil water before using "as iuued today by Fred Vogt, sanitary inspector of the State Board of Health. Alex SChlupp, Fsrmer in the SeC~ [ion eaat and aouth of Longmont, inadvertantly was overlooked when credit was given to police and fire men in reseuing the 12 people iso- lated in their home by flood waters in Dry Creek Friday night. Vogt said this is especially essary where water systema been broken or the water is least bit colored. Where theu is doubt, samples of the water should be taken or mailed to the board of health in Denver. Bottles are available at the city hall. Schlupp made the fir.t trip to the Chavez home,and with Fire Chief Joe Greeno, Fireman Charles Shoe and Loui. Arguello, brought a small girl across the turbulent stream on his back. nec- have ", , i ...Fridaynight'sf1ood did no good turn for Schlupp,who estimated total damage on his farm at near $500. Longmont Times-Call Saturday, August 4, 1951 The torrent which rushed down Dry Creek swept a five ton straw stack from ita place in a field between the railroad tra~k ~nd the riverbed and moved it, intact, over a field of five-foot sudan grasa for200 yards and deposited itnexttoa fence undcr a big willow tree... making the atack more accessible for loading... Longmont Floods Drive 50 from Homes Flash floods roaring down from the mountains swelled every river andcreekintheLongmontdisnletlaatnight and drove DryC.reek, which croases Highway 87 a mile and a half aouth of Longmont, into a raging torrent. Water in the "sually dry creek bed burst ita banks, swept awsy crops and livestock, drove about SO people from their homes, and stranded others for hoursaspriaonerswithi.n theirhousea. Tiny Dry Creek grew to torrential proportions until it was over a quarter of a mile wide south of Burlington school, s"ndin~ ~.aftic (>n"ltcrnatcrouteaoverHighway 185 or the Foothills road tore"-ch Ucnvcr from Longmont. Swelled by the unusually heavy rainfall overnight Thursday and SaturdaymL>rning, Dry Creek taged to greater depths when a flash flood fell in the Alkali Flats region near Hayalack mountain late Friday evening. " Sidelights Loss of four aCres of barley, most of which is lying in the field WaS reported by Alex Schlupp today. The barley, which waS in stacka in the field when the f1<lah Hood poured down Dry Creek, may be sal- vaged, Schupp .aid. He reported 2 bridges out aCroSs Dry Creek on this place, whi.chis three miles ecat and a half-mile aouth of Longment. The driveway into the farm is washed out about a foot deep, and the approach to the cement bridge is gone, and will have to be filled in. Schlupp tod3y 3cknowledged the assistance of "real neighbors," Jules Regnier from the B13ckwell farm, Che3ley Berry of Longmont, Paul Walker And ~ man named Mike whoosQrk..d for two hours to clean away debris "h;"h clogg~d the Coun- ty Line Bridge acrosa Dry Creek. The cleaning up operation allowed the water to flow back into the ereek bed and save the Schlupp farm fromfurthet;nund'ltions. '"