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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing 10 results for Flood of 1908.

ID	39773
Title of Article	(captions only)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of flooded areas
Date	April 7, 1950
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Flood of 1908, Bridge, Elkhart Ave.

ID	39880
Title of Article	(captions only)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photos of flooding & flood damage - Theodore Guiser, Burt Kinney, William L. Frank, Bob O'Hearn, Charles Geiger & Mrs. Herbert Nankivell
Date	May 25, 1943
History #	576
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Flats, Flood of 1908, Flood of 1907

ID	39883
Title of Article	The big flood of 1908
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of flood waters
Date	February 24, 1936
Page	12
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Flood of 1908, Flood of 1887

ID	39886
Title of Article	River stays near danger point today
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 11, 1908
Page	1, 5
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Flood of 1908, St. Joseph River

ID	39885
Title of Article	Keep st. Joe dam intact; quick work
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 10, 1908
Page	1
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Flood of 1908, St. Joseph River

ID	39884
Title of Article	Hundreds driven from their homes by a great freshet
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 7, 1908
Page	1
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Flood of 1908

ID	31571
Title of Article	Flood of 1908
Notes	Elkhart Remembered (Elk 977.281 E43e)
Source	Non-fiction Collection
Location	Elkhart Collection
Picture Caption	1908 photo of flooding
Date	March 1, 1908
Page	35
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Fishley Family, Weather

ID	44926
Title of Article	Flooded Island Park
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62 v.1
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 4
Date	March 1, 1908
Page	56
Subjects	Island Park, Flood of 1908, Floods and Flooding, Bridge, Island Park

ID	44927
Title of Article	Other half of flooded Island Park
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62 v.1
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 5
Date	March 1, 1908
Page	56
Subjects	Island Park, Flood of 1908, Floods and Flooding, Bridge, Island Park

ID	48353
Title of Article	428 Sherman St. during the 1908 flood. In the boat are owners of the house.
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v, 7
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 1
Date	January 1, 1908
Page	71
Subjects	Fishing, Fishley, Myrtle, Sherman Street, Flood of 1908