Flood Killed 20, Wrecked Homes, Roads
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › June 10, 2005
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Forty years ago this month, the rain began to fall.
It pelted the Front Range for days, saturating the soil until it could hold no more. The skies opened again June 16.See the full content of this document
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Flood Killed 20, Wrecked Homes, Roads
The deluge straddled the Palmer Divide, a subtle ridgeline that separates south-flowing Monument Creek from the north-flowing Plum Creek and Cherry Creek.
It poured 14 inches on Larkspur, a secluded Douglas County settlement nine miles north of Monument, sending swells of wate...See the full content of this document
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