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Show Hyde- C 645 become wider, you are not able to say, not able to fix the date? A No, I couldn't. Q You can not fix the year, even approximated? A No, May I explain a little bit there, to you? You say where the big flood did it-- Q Whatever it was that destroyed the channel as it originally was, in its original condition as you saw it. Do you remember when that original channel was destroyed or injured? A It was destroyed at various times, in pieces; it didn't clean the entire thing out all at one flood. Q How long after your arrival would say it was, if you know, if you can fix the date, when the first injury was done to the channel as it existed upon your arrival? A I would say it was about two years; I would think it was about two years after; that was a late August flood that did that damage. Q Where was there any damage to the channel in that flood? A The river out straight through out bottom, left our farm out on the other side of the river, that is part of it. Q It happened to be at your farm? A Yes, it was there at our farm. Q Your farm where? A In Montezuma. Q You were not familiar with the conditions down at Bluff at that time, were you, -- or were you? 2613 |