The 1977 Flood

by Edith Faye Redden, Dickenson County Historical Society President
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This photo was taken on the evening of Monday, April 4, 1977, as the “raging Russell Fork River, Prater Creek, and McClure River connected near the center of Haysi.” This photo, taken by Dennis Baker, appeared in The Cumberland Times newspaper.


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