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Posts tagged ‘1885’

Heavy rains that had been falling for several days and an especially heavy storm and possible water spout north of town in the early morning hours of August 24, 1885 caused the dam at Eldred and Thompson mill to burst. A man named Frank Babcock…

1885 Dam Burst and Flood

August 31, 1885

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