Flood damage, Benkelman to Parks, Nebraska, view 3

ID: 227 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG4290.PH0-000728 ~ Date: 1935
This file appears in: Nature's Gift: The Highway 34 Springs
Flood damage, Benkelman to Parks, Nebraska, view 3
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This view illustrates flood damage from Benkelman to Parks in Dundy County, July 1, 1935. Rail lines and ties sag across a break in the grade.

This file appears in: Nature's Gift: The Highway 34 Springs

By The Explore Nebraska History team
Since times unrecorded, springs from the Ogallala Formation relieved travelers through the Republican Valley. In 1930 Benkelman citizens improved a nearby spring to benefit motorists on NE 3 (later US 34). The 1935 Republican River flood destroyed…