Harrison County, MO
Weather
Events
The Flood of
1909
SOURCE: HISTORY OF NORTHWEST
MISSOURI
EDITED BY:
WALTER WILLIAMS
ASSISTED
BY: ADVISORY AND
CONTRIBUTING
EDITORS
COPYRIGHT:
1915
The
worst flood
in the history
of Harrison
County occurred
in July 1909. Nearly
twelve
inches of rain fell
from
Sunday July 5, to
Friday
July 9.
Over
six
inches of rain fell on
the night of the 5th
and
morning of the
6th.
The
two
Big Creeks were
higher than
was ever
known. Many
families in
the
bottoms
were compelled
to leave
their homes.
Twenty
steel bridges
and
many
other
bridges were
destroyed and
many houses
and barns swept
away.
For
over
two
weeks the City of
Bethany
was without electric
lights,
as water stood
two
feet
in the dynamo room of
the
boiler room at the
power
house
and the pump
for
the
waterworks was ten feet
under water. The
county
was without trains
or
mail
for several days.
Great
damage was done
to
property
and growing
crops.
submitted by: Melody
Beery
mbeery@grm.net
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