Ohio River flood of 1937
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The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homel
Downtown Huntington, West Virginia, during the Great Flood of 1937
Members of a refugee family left homeless by the flood in Shawneetown, Illinois
Louisville's Central Station, flooded
An upturned farmhouse in Posey County, Indiana
Huntington, West Virginia
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Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County and sits at the confluence of the Ohio and Guyandotte rivers in the southwe
Ohio River flood of 1937
…from which about 3,000 convicts, guards and officials were evacuated under military supervision directed personally by Governor A. B. Chandler. Huntington, West Virginia, a city in the tri-state area that was built as a link between steamboat and railway commerce, experienced some of the worst flooding, with a crest of…
Huntington, West Virginia
Pullman Square Flowers and Fountain
Marshall University Old Main Building
lossy page 1 Archway in Huntington, West Virginia's Ritter Park LCCN2015631843.tif