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Fellows Forum “The Paducah Revival After the Thousand Year Flood of 1937” Soil and Water Conservation Society James Duane Bolin 24 July 2016

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Fellows Forum“The Paducah Revival After the Thousand Year Flood of 1937”

Soil and Water Conservation SocietyJames Duane Bolin

24 July 2016

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Paducah Floods

• Floods registering 53 feet or more in Paducah’s History before the floodwall:– 1832– 1867– 1884– 1913– 1937

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Paducah’s April, 1913 Flood

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The Gauge at 54.3 Feet on April 7, 1913 in Paducah, Kentucky

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The 1937 Flood

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The Thousand Year Flood

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Martial Law Declared

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The Paducah Hospital

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Downtown Paducah Underwater

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The River of Broadway

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Cook’s Beer

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An Iconic Photograph of the Paducah Flood of 1937

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The Aftermath

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Paducah’s Population• 1830 105• 1850 2,428• 1860 4,590• 1870 6,866• 1880 8,036• 1890 12,797• 1900 19,446• 1910 22,760• 1920 24,725• 1930 33,541• 1940 33,765

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Paducah’s Population Continued

• 1950 32,828• 1960 34,479• 1970 31,627• 1980 27,315• 1990 27,256• 2000 26,275• 2010 25,024