South Jefferson Avenue during the flood of 1908

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1908	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-033-016-003	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12915
dc.description	Postcard showing a photo of the flood of 1908 along South Jefferson Avenue. Battle Creek experienced major flooding in the downtown area in 1887, 1896, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1918, and 1947. By the mid-1950's local leaders worked with the federal government to vacate properties in the flood-prone neighborhood southwest of downtown Battle Creek known as "the bottoms." By 1954 a coalition of local industries and foundations and the federal government was formed to clear housing in the Bottoms. Displaced residents were encouraged to move to the Washington Heights neighborhood. Work began with the Army Core of Engineers on the "Cement River Project" to straighten the Kalamazoo River and channel it so that it no longer could flood the downtown area or displace homeowners. Written on back: shows a corner of my house & across the road is Mrs. Davis' Everything beginning to look alright again. Mrs. [illegible] I got your letter all right and it found us pretty well. I thought I would and you a postal to show where the water came too. The have pretty nearly all gone down but down on the flats there is still some. Ever since the high water we have had fine weather but today it is raining. This postal This flood was in March 1908 Sent to: Miss Nellie Parker Chattanooga Tenn 54 The Elizabeth Sent on: March 15, 1908	en_US
dc.format.medium	b&w postcard	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Floods	en_US
dc.subject	Floods, Cyclones	en_US
dc.title	South Jefferson Avenue during the flood of 1908	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US