Primary Sources

"1951 Combined Flood Edition of Kansas State Collegian, Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle," The Manhattan Mercury, July 12, 1951.

Manhattan Tribune News, A Picture Book Record of the Great Flood of 1951, Manhattan, Kansas (Manhattan Tribune Publishing, 1951)

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Dzewaltowski, Kathy. "Stranded at the Wareham Hotel: Remembering the 1951 Flood." Manhattan Preservation Alliance Newsletter, Vol. 32, Issue IV, August 2026. https://www.preservemanhattan.org/uploads/8/0/7/7/8077603/august_2026_n…

Genandt, James D., The People be Dammed: The Tale of Tuttle Creek, Emporia State University, 1988.

Lawson, Kevin. "The Building of Tuttle Creek Dam." Kansas Kin, Vol. 60, No. 1, May 2022. https://rileycgs.com/upload/2021__November/Kansas_Kin_v60_n1_May_2022_1651715417.pdf

 Meyer, Phillip E., Tuttle Creek Dam - A Case Study in Local Opposition, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1962.

Stamey McManis Mary and John McManis. "Revisiting Garrison: Tuttle Creek Dam's Impact." Kansas Kin, Vol. 60, No. 1, May 2022. https://rileycgs.com/upload/2021__November/Kansas_Kin_v60_n1_May_2022_1651715417.pdf

Walter, Dan. "The Great Flood of 1951 in Manhattan." Theaggievillehistorian. https://theaggievillehistorian.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/the-great-flood-of-1951-in-manhattan/

 Younger, Coleman. "Big Dam Foolishness: Tuttle Creek Dam and its Effects on the Blue Valley." Lost Kansas Communities, https://lostkansas.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/tuttle-creek-dam-riley-county