Sheyenne River at Valley City, North Dakota, City Park April 12, 2009 flood

We have lots and lots of water just now flowing into the Sheyenne River both from the Ashtabula Dam and melt water from snow. 22.2 feet predicted...the dikes are set to 24. Today all but one of our 12 bridges are closed. This video was taken from the Rosebud Visitor's Center lot looking South at City Park....can't quite see the new West City Park Bridge. As you can see the Elks Walk Bridge is just going under water. This section of Main Street has been blocked off but for emergency traffic only. Sorry for the bad camera work on it....not a pro:-) Keep your fingers crossed for us for the next few weeks we will have this record high water...not this high since 1882!
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This is from a December 19, 1936 Times-Record story by D.W. Clark telling about his "Fifty Years in North Dakota and Valley City." (I will interject some modern landmarks for you.)
1882: Also Year of Flood

This was the year of the big flood. The ice on the river gorged the railroad bridge and ran down Main Street. Water was knee deep as far north as the schoolhouse (east Highliner Activity Center parking lot). I was building my house at the time (north of Mr. Spindle) and wanted a piece of moulding. I took a plank and pole and piloted myself to the lumber yard (close to Carpenter Lumber) where they told me that if I would go and get it I might have it. I took him at his word and secured a plank and pole, piloted myself to the lumber shed and got my moulding and started again for dry land. All was well until I made a slip and went sprawling into the water up to my neck. Believe it or not, Joe Barclay built a raft of sufficient lumber to build himself a claim shanty and piloted that raft as far as Marshs mill, a distance of seven miles. A funny thing happened on Fifth Avenue (Central Ave.). As I said before, the street was flooded as far north as the schoolhouse (East HAC parking lot). Clerk of Court, Alex McConnel, and Doctor Campbell stood on the corner now occupied by Foss Pharmacy (Viking Room), both living in the north and both anxious to get home to dinner. Neither had rubber boots. As a last resort Alex offered to carry the genial doctor on his back and following up the suggestion he took off his shoes and stockings and rolled up his pants. The doctor mounted his steed and the two headed for dry land. All was well until they got as far as where the Montgomery Ward building now stands (Central Ave Pharmacy), when all of a sudden Alexs feet came out from under him and the two of them had to swim the rest of the way, much to the enjoyment of the jolly crew standing by.

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