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This black and white photograph shows a group of people escaping from rising waters in Cedar Point, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains from May 30th to June 1st of 1903 caused a great deal of flooding to the Kansas River Basin and to the Kansas and Missouri Republican River Basin.
Date: May 30, 1903
Item Number: 215485
Call Number: FK2.C1 Ce.4 Fl.1903 *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215485
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s - 1903
Environment - Water - Rivers
Environment - Weather - Floods
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Cedar Point
Places - Counties - Chase
Places - Regions - Flint Hills
Places - Rivers - Cottonwood
Transportation - Water - Boats
Type of Material - Photographs
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