Red River Floods: Fargo and Moorhead

by Terry Shoptaugh

Book Overview

Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, have existed on opposite sides of the Red River of the North since 1871. Ever since, heavy moisture from melting snow has combined with spring rains to threaten both towns with a rapidly rising, twisting river. Minor flooding is almost an annual event, and on six occasions the two towns experienced major floods requiring evacuations of large numbers of residents. The history of these floods is covered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467113174
• ISBN13: 9781467113175
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"