TROY HISTORY


ORAL HISTORIES OF THE 1913 FLOOD


Olive Gillis - 1913 Flood memories

Hortense Cairns Mumford

Wilbur “Wib” Chaffee

Ivan Terrell

Esta Barnes

Ruth Sharits Weaver

Alma Coble Powe

Mayor Ivan Terrell

 

Oral history can only go back to the lifespan of the oldest living interviewees we work with.  Thanks to the foresight of stewards in the early days of The Troy Historical Society, we have in our possession the recorded, living memories of actual survivors of this horrific event, thankfully one which will never be repeated. The area's local establishment of The Miami Conservancy District and its flood control structure precludes the occurrence of another such tragedy."     Mike Robinson (1960 Troy High School graduate)


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