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<br /> <br />The general nature of flooding and flood damage in this study area is <br />illustrated by the fol lowing excerpts from newspaper articles.(a) <br /> <br />GRAND JUNCTION DAILY SENTINEL <br />Thursday; June 16, 1921 <br /> <br />RIVER FALLING TODAY <br /> <br />ALL DANGER OF FLOOD <br /> <br />BELIEVED TO BE OVER <br /> <br />Twelve Foot Five Reached At Eleven Today Bel ieved To Be Flood's <br />Crest - Fall Of 8 Inches Reported From Bagle With Three Inch Fall <br />At Reclamation Dam - Rapid Fall Expected Tonight And Tomorrow - <br />Rail Lines To The East Are O.K. - Little Damage Is Reported <br /> <br />Both the Colorado and the Gunnison Rivers are falling today, <br />and it is believed that the crest of the flood has passed and the <br />decline will be rapid from this time 00. Assuring reports were <br />received today from nearby cities along both streams. . . <br /> <br />At 8 o'clock this morning the government gage at the Fifth <br />Street bridge recorded 12.3 feet.. as compared to 12.1 yesterday <br />morning. At noon it had gone up to 12.5, but the decline started <br />then. <br /> <br /> <br />FIGURE 1 - View of the 1921 flood near C~ and <br />29 Road. (Photo courtesy of William Bowen.) <br /> <br />(a) Simulated from microfilm copies. <br /> <br />10 <br />