History of the Blue River Valley and Tuttle Creek Dam Remote video URL Read more about History of the Blue River Valley and Tuttle Creek Dam
Tuttle Creek Dam and "Big Dam Foolishness" Twenty-five floods impacted the Manhattan area between 1903 and 1959. The Flood Control Act of 1938 authorized a reservoir, and in 1944, the first bit of funding was acquired. Several years were spent in the planning phase before the 1951 flood spurred action. In 1952, construction began on the Tuttle Creek Dam. Read more about Tuttle Creek Dam and "Big Dam Foolishness"
Bibliography & Further Reading for Floods 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)Secondary SourcesGenandt, James D., The People be Dammed: The Tale of Tuttle Creek, Emporia State University, 1988. Read more about Bibliography & Further Reading for Floods
