The Great Virginia Flood of 1870
Paula Green
In the fall of 1870, a massive flood engulfed parts of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. What began near Charlottesville as welcome rain at the end of a drought-plagued summer quickly turned into a downpour as it moved west and then north through the Shenandoah Valley. The James, Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers rose, and flooding washed out fields, farms and entire towns
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The Great Virginia Flood of 1870
. Coronavirus (covid-19) vdem and the virginia department of health (vdh) are responding to coronavirus disease (covid-19). Some of the most notable structures represented in the collection include first virginia regiment armory (1913), the richmond dairy (1914), the colonial theater (1919-1920), the virginia state office building (1922-1923), and various structures on the campuses of richmond college (now the university of richmond) and virginia military institute. After the flood, much of the city was a smelly, ruined, snake-infested mess. The water line was visible on houses and other buildings for months. Heaps of ruined furniture and other waterlogged belongings were piled in front of every home and business that flooded.
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