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Taming the Kootenay
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William Adolph Baillie Grohman
1 of 16 		William Baillie Grohman in his home in Schloss, Austria.
2 of 16 		Guy Constable
3 of 16 		Guy Constable on a farm on the flats with his Model A.
4 of 16 		A native woman by the name of Anastasia with her canoe at the edge of the flood waters.
5 of 16 		Harry Christenson with one of his scrapers repairing flood damage to the dykes.
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Flooded farms and homes south of Creston.
7 of 16 		Bob Maxwell's boat, used as transportation on the flats during floods.
8 of 16 		Dyking projects went past 1935.
9 of 16 		Clarence Olson farm, Creston.
10 of 16 		George Ramseier operating a 1941 Massey-Harris self-propelled combine, on his farm on Nick's Island.
11 of 16 		William Adolph Baillie Grohman's disputes with government
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Baillie Grohman obtains approval for the canal
13 of 16 		Bill Constable explains BaillieGrohman's scheme to divert the Kootenay River at Canal Flats.
14 of 16 		Dragline working at Duck Lake.
15 of 16 		Combining on R.B. Staples' farm.
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