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Taming the Kootenay
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Sandbagging and reinforcing the dykes to stop the flooding.
37 of 65 		Another view of the sandbagging efforts.
38 of 65 		Sandbagging on the Creston flats.
39 of 65 		A wall of sandbags on the flats below Wynndel.
40 of 65 		Sandbags being stacked in wooden frames along the inside of the dykes.
41 of 65 		Men being fed sandwiches and coffee by local women's organizations after working on the flats.
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Serving food to the men on the flats.
43 of 65 		Taking a lunchbreak while working on the flats to prevent the flooding.
44 of 65 		Dyking projects went past 1935.
45 of 65 		Widening of the Duck Lake outlet.
46 of 65 		High water threatened to breach the dykes in 1961; pictured here is District 10 in Idaho.
47 of 65 		Dragline brought in to work on the Creston Valley dykes.
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Margaret Berg and her daughter Marion, bringing a snack out to the men combining on the flats.
49 of 65 		George Ramseier operating a 1941 Massey-Harris self-propelled combine, on his farm on Nick's Island.
50 of 65 		Archie Beatty (on tractor) and Ernie Geneau (on combine), combining wheat on George Ramseier's farm.
51 of 65 		1941 Massey Harris combine arriving at the Creston Museum.
52 of 65 		Pump installations on Reclamation Dyking District.
53 of 65 		Remains of a dragline on a Creston Dyking District dyke.
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