Flooded Street

ID: 490 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: 1936 Flood
Flooded Street

Worse even than the 1913 flood, the torrential waters of 1936 inundated much of East Waco and left around two thousand Wacoans homeless. The flood caused nearly $1.5 million worth of property damage.

This file appears in: 1936 Flood

By Amanda Sawyer
Prior to local and federal efforts in the mid-twentieth century to control rivers through the construction of dams, the Brazos River routinely overflowed its banks. In 1913, the most violent flood to date overwhelmed East Waco, taking two lives and…