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Taming the Kootenay
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Another view of the sandbagging efforts.
37 of 68 		Sandbagging on the Creston flats.
38 of 68 		A wall of sandbags on the flats below Wynndel.
39 of 68 		Sandbags being stacked in wooden frames along the inside of the dykes.
40 of 68 		Men being fed sandwiches and coffee by local women's organizations after working on the flats.
41 of 68 		Serving food to the men on the flats.
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Taking a lunchbreak while working on the flats to prevent the flooding.
43 of 68 		Bob Maxwell's boat, used as transportation on the flats during floods.
44 of 68 		R.B. Staples being stopped by a policeman.
45 of 68 		Police refusing vehicles access to the lower roads after the dykes broke.
46 of 68 		Duck Lake Reclamation officials reviewing plans for the project.
47 of 68 		Dyking projects went past 1935.
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High water threatened to breach the dykes in 1961; pictured here is District 10 in Idaho.
49 of 68 		Clarence Olson farm, Creston.
50 of 68 		High water of the Kootenay River caused the dykes to slough away in some areas.
51 of 68 		Women standing in the flood waters
52 of 68 		Mae Holder and Zoe Kanester on the Reclamation Road, taken before the dykes went out.
53 of 68 		Harry Ostendorf and Bill Vigne loading logs on Harry's logging truck.
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