
A strong atmospheric river will continue moderate to heavy rainfall with possible flooding, gusty to high winds, and mountain snows for parts of the Northwest U.S. into Thursday. Additional impacts are likely into Friday with a cold front. A fast-moving storm system will cross the Northeast U.S. Wednesday into Thursday with gusty to high winds and areas of rain and high elevation snow showers. Read More >
Republican River Flood of May 30, 1935 |
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| Marlene Wilmot and Lloyd Harvey | Raymond Borchers |
Newspapers
The Benkelman Post and News-Chronicle, Benkelman, NE, Friday, June 7, 1935. (14MB pdf)
The Benkelman Post and News-Chronicle Souvenir Flood Edition, Benkelman, NE, June 7-14-21, 1935. (81MB pdf)
Memories of the Millennium - a Supplement to the Burlington Record - Memories of the 1935 Flood, Burlington, CO. Thursday June, 24, 2010 . Courtesty of the Burlington Record. (5.5MB pdf).
Colby Free Press, Wednesday, June 5, 1935 (pdf).
Colby Free Press, June 19, 1935 (pdf).
Denver Post, June 2, 1935 (pdf).
Guide Rock Signal, June 6, 1935.
Lincoln Journal, June 6, 1935.
McCook Daily Gazette, May 31, 1935 (pdf).
McCook Daily Gazette, June 1, 1935 #284 (pdf).
McCook Daily Gazette, June 1, 1935 #285 (pdf).
McCook Daily Gazette, June 2, 1935 (pdf).
McCook Daily Gazette, Monday, June 3, 1935.
McCook Gazette, When the Power Came to the People, Monday, January 28, 2002.
McCook Gazette, 1935 Republican River Flood - Trenton, Monday, June 27, 2005.
McCook Gazette, The Flood of 1935, Saturday, June 24, 2006.
McCook Gazette, The Water Actually Roared, Saturday, June 24, 2006.
McCook Gazette, Early Radio Days in McCook, Monday, February 5, 2007.
McCook Gazette, The Man in the Famous Photo, Monday, September 10, 2007.
McCook Republican, June 7, 1935 (3.7 MB pdf).
McCook Tribune, Friday, May 31, 1935 (pdf)
McCook Tribune, Saturday, June 1, 1935, page 1 (pdf), page 2 (pdf)
McCook Tribune, Sunday, June 2, 1935 (pdf)
McCook Tribune, Monday, June 3, 1935 page 1 (pdf), page 2 (pdf).
McCook Tribune, June 17, 1935. (pdf)
Omaha-World Herald June 4, 1935 (16.4MB pdf)
Omaha-World Herald June 5, 1935 (16.4MB pdf)
Omaha-World Herald June 6, 1935 (6.6 MB pdf)
Omaha-World Herald June 7, 1935 (9.5 MB pdf)
Omaha-World Herald June 8, 1935 (10.6 MB pdf)
Omaha-World Herald June 10, 1935 (7 MB pdf)
Omaha-World Herald June 11, 1935 (10 MB pdf)
Omaha-World Herald May 28, 1985 (pdf)
Omaha-World Herald, 1935 Flood Souvenir Edition (4.9 MB pdf)
Stratton News, Stratton, NE June 6, 1935 (5 MB pdf)
Stratton News, Stratton, NE June 13, 1935 (13.1 MB pdf)
Stratton News, Stratton, NE June 20, 1935 (2.5 MB pdf)
The Siebert Settler, Friday, June 7, 1935.
Trenton Register, Friday, March 22, 1935. (Dust storms before the flood).
The Wray Gazette, Wray, Colorado, Thursday, June 6, 1935.
The Wray Gazette, Wray, Colorado, Thursday, June 13, 1935, page 1.
The Wray Gazette, Wray, Colorado, Thursday, June 27, 1935, page 1.
Websites
United States Bureau of Reclamation - Frenchman Cambridge Division
Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey Dundy County (pdf) - from Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS)
The Republican River Flood of 1935 - from NSHS Highway Marker Project
Dundy County- from Nebraska Memories (NLC)
Stone Quarries and Beyond, by Peggy B. and Pat Perazzo
(https://quarriesandbeyond.org/states/ks/ks-ft_riley_milt_res_1896.html#rep_valley)
A. Zeno Shindler American Indian Photograph Collection - Republican Pawnee
Other Resources