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View of flooded Cherry Creek and inundated buildings in Denver, Colorado, Shows brick and frame houses and commercial buildings. Signs read "American House," "Commonwealth," and "J.G. Vawter & Co." The South Platte River and the Front Range are in the distance.

May 1864 Brought Denver's First Big Flood—and Swept Away Much More

Men use shovels to clear mud from the Cherry Creek flood after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break in Denver, Colorado. Teenage boys look on; storefront signs read: "Coca Cola," "Patterson's Eggs," and "233."

Cherry Creek Flood Film Footage

View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water in standing waves. People look on from the side; boys wear plastic visors.

August 3, 1933: Castlewood Dam Breaks, Floods Denver

Exterior view of Jack Hawkins residence, on Oak Street, filled with mud and debris from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado; shows two-story wood frame Victorian with front porch and second story bay window tilting on side from flood waters, smaller destroyed structure, and the San Juans in background.

101 Years Ago: The Cornet Creek Flood

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