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<br />Greeley Tribune Online <br />--".. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 1 of4 <br /> <br />Subscribe ~ <br />to the Print Edition. <br />I'~i :cni <br /> <br />January 3, 2002 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Login or Create an account <br /> <br />.Main Menu <br /> <br />. Home <br />. Local <br />. Nation & World <br />. Community <br />. About Us <br /> <br />. Subscribe Today <br /> <br />.Marketplace <br />. Find a Home <br />. Find a Job <br />. Find a Car <br /> <br />. Classifieds <br />. Coupon Book <br />. Dining Guide <br />. Featured <br />Advertisers <br /> <br />~oming <br />tomorrow <br />Find out what is <br />going on in Greeley <br />during January in <br />Weld Weekend's <br />events calendar. <br /> <br />.eNewsletter · <br /> <br />Subscribe today for <br />the Tribune Online <br />weekly eNewsletter! <br />your email <br />address <br /> <br />BIIII <br /> <br />To Unsubscribe <br />CLICK HERE <br /> <br />.Handheld Edition. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Throughout history Greeley and Weld <br />County troubled by floods <br />Story By Mike Peters <br />Posted on Monday, July 02@ 04:12:06 EDT (806 reads) <br /> <br />Timeline: 1863-1983 <br /> <br />It started with heavy rains in the mountains, as <br />almost all of the floods in this area have started from <br />. the time of recorded history. The flood swept down <br />through the canyon, a 14-foot wall of water, <br />crushing, grinding, sweeping away 150 homes in its <br />path, killing two people in Fort Collins and one near <br />Greeley. <br /> <br />It sounds like one of the more modern floods, but <br />this was the "Flood of Ought-4," as it would be called <br />later by the old timers who said it was the worst of all <br />floods. While the combination of rain and melting <br />mountain snow is bringing floods to the eastern <br />plains of Colorado today, it really isn't new. Floods <br />. are a major part of Colorado history, and some <br />areas in Greeley and Weld County have almost <br />become accustomed to rushing water. <br /> <br />Greeley historians Carol Rein Shwayder and Peggy <br />Ford of the Greeley Municipal Museums cited <br />several floods which struck Greeley and Weld <br />County: <br /> <br />1863 - On June 9, a flood down the Cache la Poudre <br />River in northern Colorado destroyed a camp of the <br />1 st Colorado Cavalry. The Cavalry officer ordered <br />the camp moved to higher ground. It was named <br />Camp Collins and later became the city of Fort <br />Collins. David Hodgson, a rancher near Platteville, <br />wrote at the end of 1863: "The year of '63 witnessed <br />the driest summer, the coldest winter, the worst flood <br />and the biggest grasshoppers that Colorado had <br />ever known." <br /> <br />1864 ' May 19, a wall of water pushed down Cherry <br />Creek in the new city of Denver during the night, <br />destroying City Hall and the Rocky Mountain News <br /> <br />http://www.greeleytrib.com/article.php?sid=2441 <br /> <br />.Login <br />Nickname <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Password <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Don't have an <br />account yet? You <br />can create one. As <br />registered user you <br />have some <br />advantages like <br />theme manager, <br />comments <br />configuration and <br />post comments with <br />your name. <br /> <br />.Related Links · <br />Greeley Tribune <br /> <br />Top 5 stories in <br />History this week: <br /> <br />SIiilm <br /> <br />01103/2002 <br />