Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 9
Preface 11
Introduction 17
1 Denver, Gone in a Flash: The Great Flood of 1864 23
2 The Growl of the Big Bear: The Bear Greek Basin Floods of 1896 and a History of Floods in the Bear Greek Basin 35
3 Terror in the Night: The Eden Train Wreck of 1904 45
4 Catastrophe at Cherry Creek: The Denver Flood of 1912 55
5 Heroes on the Telephone: The Pueblo Flood of 1921 61
6 The 1933 Castlewood Dam Disaster: Telephone Operators Save Lives When Denver Floods 73
7 Miracles and Tragedies: The Monument Creek and Kiowa Creek Floods of 1935 83
8 The 1965 Colorado Floods: Catastrophic Flooding in the South Platte and Arkansas River Basins 93
9 The Big Thompson Canyon Flood: National Celebration Turned Tragedy in 1976 103
10 The Lawn Lake Dam Disaster of 1982 in Estes Park and Colorado's Dams 123
11 The Spring Creek Flood of 1997: The Night the Kitten Roared 131
12 Mass Evacuations: The 2013 Colorado Floods 143
Glossary 163
Bibliography 167
About the Author 173
