Free Daily Headlines

News

Set your text size: A A A

Program focuses on historic flood of 1916

Men standing on a railroad bridge in McDowell County after it had been washed away during the July 1916 flood. Landslides left this railroad track suspended in mid-air. [North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]

The Center for Cultural Preservation’s next program, on the historic flood of 1916, asks the question, “What have we learned?”

To read the full story

Non-subscribers may read two (2) stories every 30 days for free. To continue reading, please log in or subscribe for only $59.99 per year.