Presentation about Willard Flood 1923
Photograph
Identifier:
2015.99.138Alternate Identifier:7
1975 – 1976
Description
Bicentennial presentation, "Flood!"Photograph of the power plant (whether that be the area is was in the debris of the building when the flood destroyed it.) Area is covered with trees except for people of rock and slabs of concrete that may have been carried by the flood.
Written on slide: "Flood 1975, Canyon Mouth."
Willard, Utah flooded in 1923, killing two people, due to overgrazing of the mountains and hills above Willard, the bowl-shaped basin at the head of Willard Canyon, the land being privately owned at that time, and the continuous rain. The flood covered about 155 acres of town lots, gardens, and orchards. In 1975 a presentation was created for the bicentennial. After the flood, the watershed lands were taken control of by the people and given to the Forest Service for future protection. Reclamation work was then done by the Citizen's Conservation Corps. (C.C.C.) in the 1930s.
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