Show Flooding On Green River Drives Families From Farms and Homes Over 2000 nine families affected By worst flood in modern Last damaging waters struck in By Fay Jensen The rampaging Green River continued Wednesday to make a relentless march on farm lands and homes in the Leota Bottoms and Shepherd's located in the Ouray as several families have forced to evacuate their homes and give up their perhaps for as much as a Over 2000 acres and nine families arc involved in the Since the first dike broke last Saturday evening and let water flood the Louie Hall and Lewis Littleton farm on Flat the oiling Green River has reached flood higher than most any of the residents of that area can ever 30 Acres Of Hay Hall stated he had cut about 30 acres of hay and went out early Sunday morning thinking he had time to rake and haul it before EDITOR NOTE Fay Roosevelt correspondent to the has written this eye-witness account of the flood that has caused thousands of dollars in damage to farms and homes along the Green River in the Ouray the water but after making about two rounds with the rake he decided he had better get his livestock and furniture out because i the water was coming so By 7 o'clock Sunday evening they had evacuated the place and left as water was lapping at his Tuesday afternoon one could the top of his The rest of his acre farm a Littleton's also lies under y their home is on high The telephone and electric wires were so they came to the farm on the side of the river by way of Red Wash near Men with had been working around the clock trying to reinforce the dikes so they would Tuesday morning they were hauling p u m m y to put on top of the dike to prevent the waves from cutting them and starting a a large break occurred and the last bottom Shepherd's was 50 Men Respond A distress call brought about 50 who built a dike and hauled sandbags around the Lewis Littleton home on the northwest side of the This and a field of winter wheat owned by Milt Nielsen of Myton are Water is climbing the dike surrounding the Men with heavy machinery were working late into Tuesday night making a dike around three sides of the Lee Wardle next to It was still holding late Wednesday Farms flooded in the Leota area belong to Clayton Arthur Preston Bert Walt Stoddard and Harlan First Time Since 1952 on Back I FLOODING ON GREEN From Page This is the first time these places have been ravaged by flood waters since the high waters hit there May Residents had hoped the Flaming Gorge dam would be or at least some of the smaller flood control units in operation before another flood There are only a couple of weeks during the year when water is high enough to do Water in the river is still rising and the crest was expected Wednesday or sometime Save Their Furniture Most of the people had time to take their furniture and livestock to safety before the water Cattle were herded out of the pastures and onto the When the water entered the Littleton pasture where they had ewes and they opened the gates and herded them onto the bare hill near the They also had 40 bucks which he hoped had been able to reach higher but they had not been located late Wednesday In recalling the flood of Littleton stated that it was about six weeks before the water receded from the dike around the It seems that when the river overflows a deposit of sand and silt is left on the banks forming a saucer-like area from which water does not and it takes months for the water to Most of the land will be too wet to be worked until next and all the alfalfa and other plants will be It will have to be cleared of debris and leveled again it can be It will take years to get their farms back to where they were before the flood and many thousands of but the spirit these people is Littleton be back on the land next The Green River has also overflowed just past the bridge at Water can be seen in direction and the road just past the bridge is under as much as three or four feet of water in A Jarge stream of water is running out of the river east of the bridge and filing White River There are a number of homes and winter cabins in the area which are either flooded or isolated by flooding they are usually uninhabited during the summer when the occupants take their animals up on the summer |