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.  

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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.