Extensive flooding sweeps across the Midwestern United…

1851 CE

Extensive flooding sweeps across the Midwestern United States in the Great Flood of 1851, from Mid-May to mid-July.

The town of Des Moines, Iowa, is virtually washed away, and many rainfall records will hold for one hundred and sixty years.

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Des Moines Polk Iowa United States View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Iowa, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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