A 1935 flood tragedy

Monday, May 18, 2015

Note: Memorial Day 2015 marks the 80th Anniversary of one of Nebraska's greatest tragedies, the 1935 Flood of the Republican River. In reviewing the stories about the 1935 Republican River Flood in Southwest Nebraska one finds stories of heroism, of ingenuity, of luck, both good and bad, and tragedy -- the loss of property and of human life. Nowhere are all of these elements demonstrated more graphically than in the story of the Chas. Miller Jr. family. Recently, Nadine Fiddler of Spearfish South Dakota was in McCook to attend the funeral of her cousin, Marilyn Miller, our neighbor in McCook for over 50 years. Nadine (Deenie), the little girl in the following story. is the last surviving member of the Charles Miller Jr. family, which was so devastated in the '35 Flood.

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