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Bauer Road

• “Ptl. Robert Goodrich, 56, Flood Rescue Attempt,” Daily Record, Deaths-Services, July 8, 1969, p. 2.
• "Two Wooster Policemen Drowned While Trying To Rescue Residents”, Daily Record, Special Section, Monday, July 3, 1989.
• “12 Feared Dead In Flood”, Daily Record, Saturday July 5, 1969, p. 2

Christmas Run Park

• “12 Feared Dead In Flood,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), Saturday, July 5, 1969, p. 2.

Daily Record

• Elinor Taylor, “No Place To Begin, Thousands To Thank,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), Monday, July 7, 1969, p. 3.
• “Covering The Tragedy: Once Every 100 Years Is More Than Enough,” Elinor Taylor, Daily Record, July 3, 1989, p. 4.

E Henry Street

• “12 Feared Dead In Flood,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), Saturday, July 5, 1969, p. 2.

Green Leaf Restaurant

• “Rhodes Came, Saw And Promised Ohio-Assistance,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), July 9, 1969, p. 23.

Jennings Ditch
Killbuck Levee System
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Refuge

• “Killbuck Watershed Interest High,” Daily Record, March 11, 1971, p. 23
• "Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area," Ohio Department of Natural Resources. http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/killbuckmarsh#tabr2.

Killbuck Pumping Station

• “Area’s Damage Is $17 Million,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), Tues. July 8, 1969, p. 1
• U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio Storm Damage Inspection: Hearings Before The Subcommittee on Flood Control of the Committee on Public Works, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970), p. 260.

Killbuck, OH

• Jean Stoner, "Killbuck-- Small Town Fights Biggest Battle," Daily Record (Wooster, OH), Vol. LXXVI, No. 28, July 8, 1969, p. 1

L.C. Bowles Golf Course

• Elinor Taylor, “Covering The Tragedy: Once Every 100 Years Is More Than Enough,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), July 3, 1989, p. 4.

Lattasburg General Store
Newberry's

• Daily Record (Wooster, OH), Sat. July 5, 1969, p. 23

Northwestern Expressway

• “Governor Came, Saw, and Promised Ohio-Assistance,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), July 9, 1969, p. 23

OARDC Auditorium
Seventh Day Adventist Church

• Esther Daughtery, “Our Trailer Floated Like An Ark,”, Daily Record (Wooster, OH), July 3, 1989, A4.

Wayne County Fairgrounds

• “Mark Height, Suggests Rhodes,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), July 9, 1969, p. 23.
• “Wayne Fair Plans Are Ready For ‘69,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), February 6, 1969.
• “Wayne Co. Fair Entries Will Close On Saturday,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1969, p. 13

Wayne County Highway Department

• "Old Timers Recall Big Downpour, Flood of ’13,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), July 8, 1969, p. 2

Wayne County Jail

• "Flood Delays Hospital Trip," Daily Record, July 8, 1969, p. 12.

Wooster Mennonite Church

• Esther Daughterty, “Our Trailer Floated Like An Ark,” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), July 3, 1989, A4

Wooster Municipal Building (City Hall)

• “Gov. Rhodes Came, Saw And Promised Ohio-Assistance” Daily Record (Wooster, OH), July 9,1969, p. 23.