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Show HEPPNER DISASTER Photo Captions Rachel Harnett, Morrow County historian, permitted me to make copies of original flood photographs in November, 1971 while I was researching the article. 1. This is Heppner several years before the flood, looking north. The exact date of the photo is unknown. --Morrow County Museum 2. Taken a day after the flood, this picture shows that most of the eastern half of town was washed away. The row of poplar trees at left protected many buildings. -Morrow County Museum 3. This house belonged to T. W. Ayres, who suffered a greater dollar loss in the flood than any other man. The upper floor, minus the cupola, was later rebuilt. -Morrow County Museum 4. The roof at the center of this picture is all that remained of a house which gradually disintegrated as it floated atop the roaring torrent. -Morrow County Museum 5. The 102-man Portland Relief Committee set up shortly after the flood. -Morrow County Museum 6. Although there appears to be only one large building at the center of this panoramic photograph, there actually are two-the Methodist Church, except for the steeple, |