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<br />I'~::'~ ,,:~o~r:y ~~~pr~;.e~:~:rl~" ~ In ~r921 , .t~e.~rq~~s~~) ,
<br />e.r '.! l! o..ly c100e 10 Ihe ,~of Cherry River burst Its banks"
<br />, freek duriog Denver s Infancy. ~-:;t 1<- ..~ ";>0". . ~
<br />1,'1 Then,tbe ,reat;:/Iood 01 188. after.threesohddays:oP'
<br />hi ' ::,hedawaYI~any of the build- ".rain 'androaredtlirOllgh" '
<br />~ \" Since thaD, Colorado floods blIve" '~ . '4"""'''1 \",_'li
<br />~a';~ ,~:~~::;:D~~n~~::a:~ ~~~::: " ~~w~~~~.n(~e.~., ~o;;.,
<br />" 'rt lUDdreds 01 lives aDd racklD, up l'l! ," '1;., ,',;~
<br />.. nUllonl of dollars In property w, .!r ,l!!,?1 ~, !,
<br />i" lamale. "., Itroyed ~,5" bomea aod7110! bull-
<br />'~ ' 11"" Amoo, the mOlt d~dly floods in. D...ea. Illillmates of lhe.dama,e"
<br />R.'" lhe Itate'l IUitory was tbe Blf raD allliib al $335 mUl101L TwOll-..
<br />to . fhomJlllOD I\oo,d, wllich killed It tY-QM people were k1lled.1J' "'~ '"
<br />.011, lil people "l .' The Chatfield aod, Cherry Creek
<br />do o. juiy U,'U76, lIormy Iklea dams luhlOljUently:wlll'ehuilt to, !if
<br />$ ~ above Illites Park let loose 12 preveDt another &;:t f~.rro~ ~
<br />t:~l IDcbea 01 rain' In four bourl. By roaml llu'~Uib er,~,. . ,1ft ~ 'I '
<br />do "n1,bttall, the ~li Thompson R1ver...,IDIUl, 'tbe ArkaDllas!Uy~r
<br />,Illwelled from Iii avera,e base 0118 burltlts bam,aftef llu'ee solid.
<br />sal Inches to fornl a 20.fool wall of days of rain and roared. throu,~
<br />vb "water that roared lhrouib lhe c.... 'downtown .Pueblo. ..~ ." /"':i
<br />f j' "yon - deatroyID, luat about every-. Two bundred people 1000.ttblllr
<br />Jo ~lthln, i. Its path. . .."!!< .X' lives. Newspaper accounts 01 the
<br />m. tm! The Bil TbompioD Ilood de- time said crlea opeIpIOlli.vIC. tlmi "
<br />mi ., ".stroyed or damaged'U bomea and filled the air as.JblI. flood iW. ept.
<br />sq\ .' &8 bUlln...... in the canyon west of", lhrouib tOWD around 9 p.m. ''Ii' .
<br />efl.... ., '." Loveland, caw, no mll..1I on iD . Property dama,e wal set at $/0 0
<br />." . '. i tdamage., ,," mlllloD. Pueblo's tot.las.....d
<br />,..,. II' "Every yeer ,In Colorado, $Orne- value at the time waa$33 1lJUlj0n."
<br />Di J ,place, there is ,OlD, to be a,.IOO- The number 01 Deaverltea killed
<br />c ,1. year flood" laJd David McOomb, in tbe flood of 186. Wll$ OlItimated
<br />~'jFort COUU:. reaJdent and author of at el&bt. Ai In the Pueblo flood, an
<br />...tbe 1980 book '''BI, TbompsoD," ~unde,lermlned Dum. her.... died. Wh.O
<br />'which chronlcl"li the flood. couid nol he accountedJOf becaWle I
<br />,f "It's ,oln, tore-occur. It'l psrt they were lr~lent. '"A "!\\I. ,I!r
<br />tof the nature 01 the land we live in.." The DeDver flood of 186' ca.used' 'M'
<br />~f It'l wben th08e flood,> are In urbllD! $160,000 In dalllll,e. ., ~ /+t '
<br />I areal and people are ID harm's ~,Ma.y towns .~~ ~jllel, arowid
<br />'i' . way, we ,at e,xclted," he said. f!!., the state, hecaUJe, Of the\l'.local!> ,
<br />, Colorado's JlIOllt deltructlve ,;remain prone to floodlnl.:!:I1' n~' Ii;
<br />, flood In terms of property damage .'.' Much of downtown Boulder.uOll.,
<br />. was the ,reat /I00d 01 19611. OD~;1Ji a flood plaiD, and MorrlloolJ" ,~
<br />, June 16 tbllt Year, torrential after-' ' nailed up a,ainltlle<ir Cre!li< waf' ,~
<br />.' 'DOO. Itorms over four houri f of Deaver. Clear Creek can .threat- .
<br />:1) dumped I' Inch" of rain into Plum' en Golden, and despite /I00d"con-
<br />I Creek, which enters tbe Soutb Irol da/llJ on the WeaterD Slope, the" '
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<br />ill The flood 01 '~6 dama,ed or d~ wood SprJop. ,'fj . ~,
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