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Fort Collins Oral HistoriesHistory of Irrigation (PDF format/42K)March 22, 1982 Speaker: Ward Fischer History of Fort Collins Water (PDF format/26K) November 19, 1988 Speaker: Ward Fischer Fort Collins Pioneer Association Ward H. Fischer (PDF format/63K) February 2, 1989 Narrator: Ward H. Fischer Interviewer: Karen Waddell History of the Fort Collins Water System (PDF format/65K) May 19, 1985 Speaker: Dennis Bode |
Big Thompson Flood Oral HistoriesThe Big Thompson Canyon flood on July 31, 1976 occurred when a thunderstorm stalled over the canyon dropping twelve inches of rain during a four hour period. The river rose nineteen feet forcing a torrent of water down the canyon and onto the eastern plain. 145 people were killed, 418 homes and 52 businesses were destroyed and an additional 138 homes were damaged.Big Thompson Flood (PDF format/48K) September 9, 1976 Narrator: Sheriff Robert Watson Twenty five years with Loveland Police Department Describes events before and after Big Thompson Flood Interviewer: Charlene Tresner Big Thompson Flood (PDF format/137K) October 1, 1976 Narrators: Margaret Batie, Marie Faust, Doris Wells, and Patricia Schumaker Interviewer: Charlene Tresner Big Thompson Flood (PDF format/67K) October 12, 1976 Narrators: W.D. Striffler, Robert Malmgren;, P.S. Brown Interviewer: Charlene Tresner Big Thompson Flood (PDF format/37K) December 8, 1976 Speaker: Bob Berling Slide Presentation Big Thompson Flood Revisited (PDF format/135K) March 21, 1979 Speaker: Dr. David McComb Slide presentation, Friends of the Library |
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Pipeline to Fort Collins from Blackstock in Bellvue, c.1925
Aerial view of Big Thompson Flood