Republican River Flood of 1935

6 am June 1, 1935 in Cambridge, NE

Main Street, South Cambridge, NE

Mosley Farm, Cambridge, NE

Back of photo: "Old band shell north of present Post Office. We had band concerts (led by Clint John) every Wednesday night during sumer. Big crowd each concert." Cambridge, NE

Park at Cambridge, NE

View of South side of Cambridge, NE

Cambridge, NE

Cambridge, NE, South from Trenchard Station

Cambridge, NE

Cambridge Milling Company.

Main Street, East, Cambridge, NE

North from Highway Bridge, Cambridge, NE

Back of photo: "Men trying to rescue Jake Kutz's truck. The wheels at left is all that was left of this family car. They had to give up and traded the two in the creek for a new truck. The home of Rev. Bragg family was washed in the creek just at the left of this picture. His body has not been recovered."

Flood scene, Cambridge, NE

View of south side of
Cambridge, NE

Railroad east of Cambridge, NE

Republican River Flood, Cambridge, NE

Medicine Creek, north, Cambridge, NE

Back of photo: "The new railroad grade east of town cuts right thru those high bluffs east of Geo. Sayers house, goes right thru his yard and barn (which has been razed) then southwest where it joins the old track 1 mile east of town. The Holbrook depot had to be moved."

View south side Cambridge, NE

South side, Cambridge, NE

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Park at Cambridge, NE

Swimming pool, Cambridge, NE

Back of photo: "A view of the railroad showing how the wall of water up-rooted railroad tracks so that they looked like a picket fence."

Railroad bridge east of Cambridge, NE

Mill at Cambridge, NE

Railroad west, Cambridge, NE

Mill dam, Cambridge, NE Back of photo: "This shows how the rope house at the mill caved in. Mr Brown has taken the milk, incorporating it with Jerry and Hal Day."

Highway southeast of
Cambridge, NE

Highway east of
Cambridge, NE

Lake formed by flood, Cambridge, NE Back of photo: "This is a lake formed on the north of the of Chas Hopf farm. Remember the grand corn and grass land down there? River bed is beyond the trees. West of this is a sandy desert for miles along the south side of river. Many farms are entirely covered with river sand. No one knows how deep this is."

Highway east of Cambridge, NE Back of photo: "These small mounds of dirt is all that is left of the lovely new highway grade east of town. The vegetation you see is mostly young cottonwoods and willow trees coming up by the million since the flood. The grade was washed away from just south of Geo Sayers to Holbrook."

A Breakers, Cambridge, NE Back of photo: "This was the first house south of the river. The west side fell into a 20 foot hole washed in by the current. Notice the trash left on the car in the foreground."

Mrs. Campbell, Cambridge, NE

Flood scene, Cambridge, NE

Page home, Cambridge, NE

Four houses of Earl Case, Cambridge, NE

Case houses, Cambridge, NE

Goble house, Cambridge, NE

Cambridge, NE

Flood scene, Cambridge, NE

View south side Cambridge, NE

Rev. Braggs, Cambridge, NE

Cambridge, NE

F.E.R.A. Camp, Cambridge, NE Back of photo: " F.E.R.A. Camp east of the cemetery has been located here since June 1st. They'll have to hurry if they get all damaged homes ready for occupancy by winter."

Republican River Bridge, Cambridge, NE

Highway, Cambridge, NE Back of photo: "The highway east of town washed by creek and river both."

Back of photo: "C.C.C. boys dragging out a dead cow from south Cambridge."

Back of photo: "These people had put canned fruit and bedding in their car to take to higher ground but the water caught them and nothing was left but trash."

Sissons, Cambridge, NE

Republican River Bridge, Cambridge, NE

Road southeast, Cambridge, NE

Swimming pool, Cambridge, NE

Top photo- Earl Johnson house. Bottom photo- Ed Crisp house. Cambridge, NE

Schoonovers, Cambridge, NE

Mud drift, Cambridge, NE Back of photo: "This is the south side of Cambridge where Earl Cases 4 houses were. His homes have been jammed together."

Dean Holmes residence, Cambridge, NE

Robert Johnson home, Cambridge, NE

Main Street south, Cambridge, NE Back of photo: " The arrow points to Rankin Elevator Offices across from the depot. Take at 6 a.m. June 1st. Water had gone down 18 inches. This other arrow shows 11 people on a house top waiting to be rescued. Note how high the water is."

New railroad grade near Cambridge, NE Back of photo: "The railroad is being moved up on the bluffs between Cambridge and Geo. Sayer's ba[rn]."

Highway, Cambridge, NE Back of photo: "This lake over 12 feet deep just at the slough bridge southeast of the old Karash house extends all along the road to the southwest corner of the Karash trees. The cement bridge is surrounded by water and is useless. A pioneer trail goes thru the Karash yard and east of the old Themolla hill."

New raillroad grade near Cambridge.

Republican River Bridge, Cambridge, NE

Road southeast Cambridge, NE

Back of photo: "This rescue boat was built during the night. By 6 a.m. next morning the force of the water wasn't so great and a boat could venture out a little ways. This was taken north of the tracks."

Back of photo: "This picture show the first rescue boat going out the next morning at 6 a.m. The water has gone down 18 inches. This is north of the tracks. The men in the boat are: Tom Minnick, Bill Barklund, Fritz Seago."

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