Jeffersonville, Indiana

Sealing the Bank Vault and Other Flood Preparations

Thursday, January 21, 1937

Apr 4 •

Water Nears the Top of the Levee

Thursday, January 21, 1937

Mar 20 •

The Fields and Sagebiels Evacuate

Thursday, January 21, 1937

Mar 13 •

Old Riverman: 'I Have Never Seen Anything Like This'

Wednesday, January 20, 1937

Jan 30 •

A Deadly Cyclone and a Ghost Named Potsie

JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA — A month before Catherine Richardson witnessed the desperate pumping operation outside her house at 122 Walnut Street, she…

Jan 10 •

Pumping Water Day and Night

JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA — A black-and-white photograph captured a desperate scene in the river city around the third week of January 1937:

Jan 3 •

Water Enters the Fields' House

Wednesday, January 20, 1937

Dec 18, 2024 •

A 981-Mile Flood

Wednesday, January 20, 1937

Dec 10, 2024 •

A Saints and Sinners Guide to Jeffersonville, Indiana

Work, worship, love and gambling in the river city.

Nov 27, 2024 •

'There Was a Big Flood Coming'

Monday, January 18, 1937

Nov 12, 2024 •

Beautiful Water

JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA — The river was like a friend to 9-year-old Ralph Sagebiel.

Oct 10, 2024 •

A Boy's Life in the Great Depression, Part 2

A look at 9-year-old Ralph Sagebiel and his family before the flood.

Sep 19, 2024 •

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