The drought in 1940 was broken by a 4-inch rain June 6-7, 1940. Residents of Holyoke received the first warning of the approaching flood shortly before midnight June 6. At 12:10 Friday morning, June 7, the fire siren was sounded to summon members of the volunteer fire department and other volunteers to help in removing 30 head of cattle from the Holyoke Sales Pavilion feed yards. Water had already overflowed the Frenchman Creek banks at that point near the pavilion and was several feet deep in the pavilion yards and pens. — Source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin’ into the past
Five Years Ago
Sept. 27, 2012