"We should be celebrating that they survived," the organizer said. "We are not celebrating the flood; we are celebrating ...
Two months of heavy rainfall resulted in then-unfathomable devastation that still reverberates today.
Survivors of the Great Flood of 1951 reunited Saturday in the wake of the 75th anniversary of one of the darkest days in our city's history.
July 13, 1951, stands as the single greatest day of flood destruction in the region’s history.
The 1951 Black Friday Flood on the Kaw River destroyed Kansas City's Stockyards and meatpacking industry, did $12 billion ...
"The 1951 Black Friday Flood on the Kaw River destroyed Kansas City's Stockyards and meatpacking industry, did $12 billion ...
A major flood hit Rochester in 1951, causing water to cover the Soldiers Field golf course, at the bottom of this photo, and the 12th Street beltline. The Olmsted County Fairgrounds and Broadway are ...