Glacial Lake Missoula and the Ice Age Floods

Under the summer sun, Mineral County can be hot and dry. The snow disappears from all except the loftiest peaks, and only the most moisture-laden storms bring rain to the ground. In times of drought, the lack of moisture is ...

The Floods

Most often the rivers here brought prosperity. They are the reason humanbeings settled here; established a land portage to connect with the Wabash River system; and attracted the canal followed by rails, highways, industry, and homes. They brought good, industrious ...

Bladensburg Floods (1742-1954)

Floods were practically a way of life in Bladensburg until the late 1950s, when an intensive flood control project was completed. Noted attorney and author William Wirt, who was born in Bladensburg in 1772, makes mention of the floods at ...

In Case of Floods ...

Huffman Prairie Flying Field lies to the right of Huffman Dam, the long earthen barrier you see below. The dam is one of five 'retarding basins' built by the Miami Conservancy District after the catastrophic 1913 flood. This dam, along ...

Floods

Waterpower built this town, and the power of the water eventually destroyed it.

The destruction of the Federal Armory during the Civil War began the town's decline. Many people who had left Harpers Ferry during the war did return, only to ...