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in early newspaper accounts, and specific information on the inten- sity, duration, and magnitude of the storms and flood effects is generally lacking. The following are brief summaries of selected floods . Information on the "Indian Legend Flood of 1844" is derived from circumstantial evidence only. According to this legend, the "flood- waters reached from bluff to bluff." According to a resident, an Indian showed his uncle river silt in rock crevices along the mesa near City Park. This flood mark would be approximately 12 feet above the 1921 flood, the flood of record. The flood of June 11, 1864, reached a point near 3rd and Santa Fe Avenues. During the later 1921 flood, water at this same point was reported as being approximately 3 feet deep, probably because of the grading-down of the street since 1864. In 1893, heavy rains at Pueblo broke the levee, resulting in $200,000 worth of damage. This was a very fast-rising flood, with records showing that the Arkansas River rose 8 feet in 2 hours. In 1894, five lives were lost and $2 million in property damage occurred from the combined flooding of the Arkansas River, Fountain Creek, and Dry Creek. Fountain Creek changed its course a full 200 yards east of its former channel. Floodwater reached a depth of 4 feet over the floors of the buildings on 2nd Street between Santa Fe Avenue and Main Street. In 1921, the business districts were gutted by water during June 3 and the morning of June 4. This water was principally from the Arkansas River. Earlier, on June 3, Dry Creek flooded a northwest section of the city. A few hours after the Arkansas River flood, Fountain Creek ravaged a corridor along its channel. On June 10, the Arkansas River flooded the city again, but with less volume and in a smaller area. When it was over, the toll of dead and missing was more than 200. A survey ordered by city commissioners showed 510 dwellings were washed away, 98 were damaged, and 61 were moved off their foundations. Damages were estimated to be more than $10 million, not including property lost in transit on the railroad, crop losses, and other such losses. It is significant that in 1921 the city had an assessed value of only $33 million. The floodwater converged on the commercial and industrial area from many points. It claimed the railroad yards as another channel. From its 1921 channel, in what is now the Elizabeth Street extension, it surged north and south. From the west, it came down side streets and alleys that intersect West, Elizabeth, Greenwood, Court, and Main Streets and Grand, 2nd, and Santa Fe Avenues.. I.t carried a cargo of houses, livestock, railroad cars, and rafts of flaming lumber. 8