Flood of 1945, Agency, MO, Platte River
Newspaper clipping - "Year After Year It's The Same Old Story in Agency: Floods Washing Away Topsoil".
Town residents take to rowboats for transportation.
Newspaper photo: House with rowboat tied to porch pillar is occupied by Mrs. Dorothy Wolfe. Many other homes in Agency were flooded in a similar way by water from the Platte River. Water surrounding the house was more than 24 inches deep. Agency main street was under water.
Newspaper photo: Joy Ellis Grable at the oars. He was operating in floodwater taxicab service.
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