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Title: Flood-related photo
Post by: Havs on October 24, 2013, 08:20:55 AM
Interesting

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.knrc.ws%2Fimages%2Fjpegs%2F11%2520photo4.jpg&hash=db6deb2c6443293ec8165d94bd8071cc51031296)
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 08:22:15 AM
believe it or no, not everyone in olde timey manhattan was in favour of flood prevention
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 08:25:14 AM
flood us once?
shame on me.

 
flood us every other year?
yep, it's me iowa. what's up guys?
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2013, 08:29:45 AM
Those old timey signs are great.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.kansasmemory.org%2Fthumb500%2F00080022.jpg&hash=09ca910c2a8e27f636b31caeaa2c21478f16ee19)

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gstatic.com%2Fhostedimg%2Fea1389796c03a49c_large&hash=98f34296d446c1812ca76b415ec6e6c979b6d74d)

http://kcmeesha.com/2011/11/17/old-photos-at-the-bottom-of-the-tuttle-creek-lake/
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 08:32:42 AM
lol that all of those signs are randolph signs. of course they didn't want to have to pack up and move their whole town. sorry though 1950 randolph guy. mhk is just a little more important.  :Carl:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2013, 08:34:24 AM
lol that all of those signs are randolph signs. of course they didn't want to have to pack up and move their whole town. sorry though 1950 randolph guy. mhk is just a little more important.  :Carl:

Buncha Big Dam Foolishness if you ask me.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: hatingfrancisco on October 24, 2013, 08:36:21 AM
Wow, this is very interesting stuff.  Keep it coming.

Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 08:37:51 AM
http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g (http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g)
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dugout DickStone on October 24, 2013, 08:39:32 AM
Randolph all wanted to move to Manhattan, the signs were just a show so they could get more money from the gov.  Losers.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: WillieWatanabe on October 24, 2013, 08:52:30 AM
WillieWatanabe's dad helped tear down old Randolph.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: steve dave on October 24, 2013, 08:58:38 AM
sd grandpa was an attorney for the army corp of engineers on that project. he said the locals were very hayseed'y about it and threatened to shoot them a lot. nobody actually got shot, tho.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: ben ji on October 24, 2013, 08:58:59 AM
I've been to Randolph may times for family reunions...in fact ben ji's grandpa's childhood home was flooded when they built the dam. 

THANKS OBAMA
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on October 24, 2013, 08:59:47 AM
the army corp might be the most stubborn group of people, like, ever.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 09:02:52 AM
interesting tuttle creek factoid #1- you guys know that super long straight bridge that goes across the damn or whatever? well guess what? they built a big bridge really high up off the ground first and then filled the underneath part in with tons of dirt and rock and not vice versa. mind blown, right you guys?  :eek:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: ben ji on October 24, 2013, 09:03:39 AM
sd grandpa was an attorney for the army corp of engineers that did that project. he said the locals were very hayseed'y about it and threatened to shoot them a lot. nobody actually got shot, tho.

Ben ji's great gpa comes to America as a small child in the early 1900's and all his family wants is a chance to own some land and make America a better place.

Welp, they get their land and they work their hands to the bone building this great country. Then 50 years later the city folk decide they are tired of their flood plain flooding and tell him they are going to flood his land and move his town 5 miles away.

THANKS OBAMA
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dugout DickStone on October 24, 2013, 09:05:12 AM
sd grandpa was an attorney for the army corp of engineers that did that project. he said the locals were very hayseed'y about it and threatened to shoot them a lot. nobody actually got shot, tho.

Ben ji's great gpa comes to America as a small child in the early 1900's and all his family wants is a chance to own some land and make America a better place.

Welp, they get their land and they work their hands to the bone building this great country. Then 50 years later the city folk decide they are tired of their flood plain flooding and tell him they are going to flood his land and move his town 5 miles away.

THANKS OBAMA

Can't fight city hall is what I always say.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Tobias on October 24, 2013, 09:05:37 AM
the army corp might be the most stubborn group of people, like, ever.

the army corp seems like they might be an OK group, as long as you never have to actually interact with them or do any construction within like 500 miles of something they operate
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: steve dave on October 24, 2013, 09:06:09 AM
sd grandpa was an attorney for the army corp of engineers that did that project. he said the locals were very hayseed'y about it and threatened to shoot them a lot. nobody actually got shot, tho.

Ben ji's great gpa comes to America as a small child in the early 1900's and all his family wants is a chance to own some land and make America a better place.

Welp, they get their land and they work their hands to the bone building this great country. Then 50 years later the city folk decide they are tired of their flood plain flooding and tell him they are going to flood his land and move his town 5 miles away.

THANKS OBAMA

the cross generational butthurt here is very strong.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on October 24, 2013, 09:06:55 AM
interesting tuttle creek factoid #1- you guys know that super long straight bridge that goes across the damn or whatever? well guess what? they built a big bridge really high up off the ground first and then filled the underneat part in with tons of dirt and rock and not vice versa. mind blown, right you guys?  :eek:

what a good idea!  :D
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: steve dave on October 24, 2013, 09:08:29 AM
man, do you guys think sd gpa and ben ji gpa had any crazy old timey confrontations?  :D
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 09:08:43 AM
interesting tuttle creek factoid #2-popular mid 1990's highschool party places included-goofy, the rocks, red bridge and shelter four. in that order.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: ben ji on October 24, 2013, 09:10:14 AM
sd grandpa was an attorney for the army corp of engineers that did that project. he said the locals were very hayseed'y about it and threatened to shoot them a lot. nobody actually got shot, tho.

Ben ji's great gpa comes to America as a small child in the early 1900's and all his family wants is a chance to own some land and make America a better place.

Welp, they get their land and they work their hands to the bone building this great country. Then 50 years later the city folk decide they are tired of their flood plain flooding and tell him they are going to flood his land and move his town 5 miles away.

THANKS OBAMA

the cross generational butthurt here is very strong.

Lets just say your GPA is lucky he was messing with my Swedish GPA. If he tried that on my German GPA he would of got himself a fight and a backside full of bird shot.

Fortunately for my German GPA there are no rivers to dam in Thomas County...In fact there is no water at all.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: ben ji on October 24, 2013, 09:12:08 AM
man, do you guys think sd gpa and ben ji gpa had any crazy old timey confrontations?  :D

He was kind of a pushover(Favorite memory of WWII was raising kittens on an air base in England), probably would of just taken the money and not even asked for more.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: hatingfrancisco on October 24, 2013, 09:12:49 AM
man, do you guys think sd gpa and ben ji gpa had any crazy old timey confrontations?  :D


Would pay to see reenactment. 
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 09:14:13 AM
interesting tuttle creek factoid #2-popular mid 1990's highschool party places included-goofy, the rocks, red bridge and shelter four. in that order.

i'm not even ready to buy into factoid #1 yet.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: WillieWatanabe on October 24, 2013, 09:14:38 AM
http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g (http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g)

this vid is ridiculous. that voice :love:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: GoodForAnother on October 24, 2013, 09:20:15 AM
Urban legend

There is an urban legend that a manatee lives in the lake. The Manhattan Mercury has reported on the legend, and a Facebook group exists for the Tuttle Creek Sea Cow.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuttle_Creek_Lake#Urban_legend

 :dunno:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: steve dave on October 24, 2013, 09:37:31 AM
Urban legend

There is an urban legend that a manatee lives in the lake. The Manhattan Mercury has reported on the legend, and a Facebook group exists for the Tuttle Creek Sea Cow.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuttle_Creek_Lake#Urban_legend

 :dunno:

  :lol:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: pissclams on October 24, 2013, 09:50:21 AM
some good old fashioned H20 gentrification
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 09:54:44 AM
interesting tuttle creek factoid #2-popular mid 1990's highschool party places included-goofy, the rocks, red bridge and shelter four. in that order.

i'm not even ready to buy into factoid #1 yet.

i mean, i'm sure to some dork engineer or other hayseed dork calculator guy it makes sense. but to your normal, smart, good dressing and socially adjusted person, they look at the picture below and go "hmmmm. bet they piled a bunch of dirt up and then built a road across it". they would be wrong though. big bridge first and then filled under and around with dirt.


(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fd%2Fd2%2FTcdam-fromwest.jpg&hash=aecd446ce0531ef743fc3c752290347c4a1ab16c)
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2013, 09:56:33 AM
interesting tuttle creek factoid #2-popular mid 1990's highschool party places included-goofy, the rocks, red bridge and shelter four. in that order.

i'm not even ready to buy into factoid #1 yet.

i mean, i'm sure to some dork engineer or other hayseed dork calculator guy it makes sense. but to your normal, smart, good dressing and socially adjusted person, they look at the picture below and go "hmmmm. bet they piled a bunch of dirt up and then built a road across it". they would be wrong though. big bridge first and then filled under and around with dirt.


(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fd%2Fd2%2FTcdam-fromwest.jpg&hash=aecd446ce0531ef743fc3c752290347c4a1ab16c)

Link?
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 09:59:41 AM
interesting tuttle creek factoid #2-popular mid 1990's highschool party places included-goofy, the rocks, red bridge and shelter four. in that order.

i'm not even ready to buy into factoid #1 yet.

i mean, i'm sure to some dork engineer or other hayseed dork calculator guy it makes sense. but to your normal, smart, good dressing and socially adjusted person, they look at the picture below and go "hmmmm. bet they piled a bunch of dirt up and then built a road across it". they would be wrong though. big bridge first and then filled under and around with dirt.


(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fd%2Fd2%2FTcdam-fromwest.jpg&hash=aecd446ce0531ef743fc3c752290347c4a1ab16c)

Link?

don't know if there is one. but pre-internet rick daris and some buds were out at the lake on fine sunny day many moons ago and decided to stop into the army corps of engineers place right off t'creek blvd. they have a history of the project and photographs and what not and what do you know? a picture of that gd bridge with no dirt under it. minds blown.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: WillieWatanabe on October 24, 2013, 10:01:49 AM
Too bad there isn't a link posted in this thread with a couple pictures of the dam construction.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 10:05:31 AM
Too bad there isn't a link posted in this thread with a couple pictures of the dam construction.

sorry daris. as an engineer i have reviewed the photos and it looks like you may be wrong.

I see a dirt mound no road on it.

i think you may have mistook the road over the spillway gates to be the bridge without dirt mound.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2013, 10:05:50 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.ku.edu%2F%7Ecrb%2FTuttle%2520Creek%2520Bridge.jpg&hash=564f3e85b1738d248640ede3c541828a0de0df7d)
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 10:06:44 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.ku.edu%2F%7Ecrb%2FTuttle%2520Creek%2520Bridge.jpg&hash=564f3e85b1738d248640ede3c541828a0de0df7d)

thats the north end bridge by olsburg / new randolph
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2013, 10:07:07 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.ku.edu%2F%7Ecrb%2FTuttle%2520Creek%2520Bridge.jpg&hash=564f3e85b1738d248640ede3c541828a0de0df7d)

thats the north end bridge by olsburg / new randolph

Yes, I posted without comment.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on October 24, 2013, 10:08:04 AM
i mean, i'm sure to some dork engineer or other hayseed dork calculator guy it makes sense. but to your normal, smart, good dressing and socially adjusted person, they look at the picture below and go "hmmmm. bet they piled a bunch of dirt up and then built a road across it". they would be wrong though. big bridge first and then filled under and around with dirt.

i dont know any engineers but i bet this is spot on.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: GoodForAnother on October 24, 2013, 10:11:07 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.ku.edu%2F%7Ecrb%2FTuttle%2520Creek%2520Bridge.jpg&hash=564f3e85b1738d248640ede3c541828a0de0df7d)

thats the north end bridge by olsburg / new randolph

the longest bridge in kansas, fwiw
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 10:11:38 AM
hmmmm. i suppose a slightly inebriated @18 yr old daris might have mistaken one bridge for another, but i still think i might be right. also, thtuc seems to agree with me (i think) but you seem to not. 10 pace protractor and graphing calculater draw at noon?  :dunno:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: yoga-like_abana on October 24, 2013, 10:11:48 AM
Urban legend

There is an urban legend that a manatee lives in the lake. The Manhattan Mercury has reported on the legend, and a Facebook group exists for the Tuttle Creek Sea Cow.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuttle_Creek_Lake#Urban_legend

 :dunno:

  :lol:
we found our purple cow

also didn't they find some other stuff in tuttle maybe shark teeth or something like that? could be making this up in my head or someone messing with a young y-l_a
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: GoodForAnother on October 24, 2013, 10:12:17 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwk.usace.army.mil%2Fportals%2F29%2Fsiteimages%2FLake%2520Sites%2Ftuttlecreek%2Fdamconstruction1958caption.jpg&hash=fb364e13c3d53c4df93583f153fb52cf6100807c)
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 10:13:34 AM
hmmmm. i suppose a slightly inebriated @18 yr old daris might have mistaken one bridge for another, but i still think i might be right. also, thtuc seems to agree with me (i think) but you seem to not. 10 pace protractor and graphing calculater draw at noon?  :dunno:

he just agreed with your analysis of the dork engineer thought process. which was spot on, btw
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 10:14:39 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gstatic.com%2Fhostedimg%2Fadcc13816375c09c_large&hash=f238bc21f7a94d2553e4a2fa7d1ae7bdc47f0f6d)
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gstatic.com%2Fhostedimg%2F88c849c796397348_large&hash=2ab948777c3d8e54b7a1f0412d7de2d90ac2fe18)
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gstatic.com%2Fhostedimg%2Fac03270af10a5a9b_large&hash=42df5b9692a75218876f62444d64fb845ebc3f1e)
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: WillieWatanabe on October 24, 2013, 10:14:48 AM
Urban legend

There is an urban legend that a manatee lives in the lake. The Manhattan Mercury has reported on the legend, and a Facebook group exists for the Tuttle Creek Sea Cow.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuttle_Creek_Lake#Urban_legend

 :dunno:

  :lol:
we found our purple cow

also didn't they find some other stuff in tuttle maybe shark teeth or something like that? could be making this up in my head or someone messing with a young y-l_a

big catfish.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2013, 10:14:54 AM
To be fair to rd, I can see how the Randolph Bridge could be mistaken for "big bridge first and then filled under and around with dirt" based on the above pic.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 10:15:40 AM
To be fair to rd, I can see how the Randolph Bridge could be mistaken for "big bridge first and then filled under and around with dirt" based on the above pic.

very agreeable
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: steve dave on October 24, 2013, 10:17:49 AM
do we have a single townie on here with reliable honest to goodness townie knowledge? it seems like we've only got a bunch of bobby t's types who get their townie knowlege from other bobby t's types. awful.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 10:19:17 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwk.usace.army.mil%2Fportals%2F29%2Fsiteimages%2FLake%2520Sites%2Ftuttlecreek%2Fdamconstruction1958caption.jpg&hash=fb364e13c3d53c4df93583f153fb52cf6100807c)

obvious and very poor photoshop :lol:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: yoga-like_abana on October 24, 2013, 10:19:24 AM
Urban legend

There is an urban legend that a manatee lives in the lake. The Manhattan Mercury has reported on the legend, and a Facebook group exists for the Tuttle Creek Sea Cow.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuttle_Creek_Lake#Urban_legend

 :dunno:

  :lol:
we found our purple cow

also didn't they find some other stuff in tuttle maybe shark teeth or something like that? could be making this up in my head or someone messing with a young y-l_a

big catfish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTNyKIGXiI
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 10:19:40 AM
do we have a single townie on here with reliable honest to goodness townie knowledge? it seems like we've only got a bunch of bobby t's types who get their townie knowlege from other bobby t's types. awful.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gusbesticecream.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2Fmanatee3.jpg&hash=59656b107c59a7a91176999355f7fb8a33e082cd)
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2013, 10:20:02 AM
do we have a single townie on here with reliable honest to goodness townie knowledge? it seems like we've only got a bunch of bobby t's types who get their townie knowlege from other bobby t's types. awful.

juliette street is named after the first person murdered in manhattan.

 :sdeek:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: GoodForAnother on October 24, 2013, 10:20:48 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwk.usace.army.mil%2Fportals%2F29%2Fsiteimages%2FLake%2520Sites%2Ftuttlecreek%2Fdamconstruction1958caption.jpg&hash=fb364e13c3d53c4df93583f153fb52cf6100807c)

obvious and very poor photoshop :lol:

I wish we could just be friends
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: TownieCat on October 24, 2013, 10:56:24 AM
To be fair to rd, I can see how the Randolph Bridge could be mistaken for "big bridge first and then filled under and around with dirt" based on the above pic.

very agreeable

As a native Riley Countian I drove across that bridge on the reg growing up. So much silt has built up in that end of TCR that it actually looks very similar to the 1960s pic above.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: TownieCat on October 24, 2013, 10:58:02 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.ku.edu%2F%7Ecrb%2FTuttle%2520Creek%2520Bridge.jpg&hash=564f3e85b1738d248640ede3c541828a0de0df7d)

thats the north end bridge by olsburg / new randolph

Only people over the age of 90 refer to it as "New Randolph", grandpa.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 11:12:48 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.ku.edu%2F%7Ecrb%2FTuttle%2520Creek%2520Bridge.jpg&hash=564f3e85b1738d248640ede3c541828a0de0df7d)

thats the north end bridge by olsburg / new randolph

Only people over the age of 90 refer to it as "New Randolph", grandpa.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kYxTG2SQVsI/UY2c6pUaKDI/AAAAAAAAAtI/7uIAGfKDHPw/w379-h379/manatee-smash-o.gif)
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2013, 11:20:27 AM
http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g (http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g)

Finally got a chance to watch, this is amazing.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: puniraptor on October 24, 2013, 11:21:52 AM
http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g (http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g)

Finally got a chance to watch, this is amazing.

america's valley  :cry:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2013, 11:24:42 AM
http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g (http://youtu.be/znIPU2Q0A_g)

Finally got a chance to watch, this is amazing.

america's valley  :cry:

"All cooperate here in the valley, even baby racoons are mothered by the family cat."

 :frown:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on October 24, 2013, 11:27:34 AM
do we have a single townie on here with reliable honest to goodness townie knowledge? it seems like we've only got a bunch of bobby t's types who get their townie knowlege from other bobby t's types. awful.

to back up this observo- i went to a pak last year with townies such as kk, rd, stevesie60 and doom_catz... ill give you 7 guesses as to where we went steve. just kidding. ill just tell you cuz you probably already know. we went to bobby t's. i even remember rick daris calling the waitress by name and her calling him "bad boy ricky d" back.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: Dugout DickStone on October 24, 2013, 11:34:10 AM
do we have a single townie on here with reliable honest to goodness townie knowledge? it seems like we've only got a bunch of bobby t's types who get their townie knowlege from other bobby t's types. awful.

to back up this observo- i went to a pak last year with townies such as kk, rd, stevesie60 and doom_catz... ill give you 7 guesses as to where we went steve. just kidding. ill just tell you cuz you probably already know. we went to bobby t's. i even remember rick daris calling the waitress by name and her calling him "bad boy ricky d" back.

I love Bobby T's.
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: sonofdaxjones on October 24, 2013, 11:38:59 AM
interesting tuttle creek factoid #1- you guys know that super long straight bridge that goes across the damn or whatever? well guess what? they built a big bridge really high up off the ground first and then filled the underneath part in with tons of dirt and rock and not vice versa. mind blown, right you guys?  :eek:

Back in the day Dax used to see B-52's flying really low over that bridge.

Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: DQ12 on October 24, 2013, 07:18:49 PM
Lotta talent at Bobby T's.  Looooooootta talent.

 :fatty:
Title: Re: Flood-related photo
Post by: WillieWatanabe on April 03, 2014, 09:31:46 AM
I randomly came across this album today. Lots of old school Manhattan/Blue Valley pictures.

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A photograph showing people looking at the new town site for Randolph, Kansas. Randolph relocated and rebuilt because of the construction of Tuttle Creek Reservoir.



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An interior view showing a basketball game at Randolph High School auditorium, Randolph, Kansas. John Matchett is the player on the right waiting to jump at the tip-off.

Date: Between 1923 and 1925



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View of President Theodore Roosevelt addressing a crowd from the Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, Manhattan, Kansas. Photo was taken at the now remodeled train depot next to the mall.


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Wildcat Valley Manhattan Kansas 1900.


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An informal portrait of fisherman Doug Smith and the 120 pound catfish he'd caught in the Kansas River.
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Post by: Dugout DickStone on April 03, 2014, 09:39:28 AM
moar
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Post by: ben ji on April 04, 2014, 06:48:36 AM
OMG THAT FISH IS ALMOST AS BIG AS DOUG SMITH
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Post by: steve dave on April 04, 2014, 07:57:22 AM
I'd love to see Doug smiths formal shots
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Post by: WillieWatanabe on April 04, 2014, 08:08:35 AM

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Date: Between 1920s and 1930s
This black and white photograph shows the Perry Packing Company from Manhattan, Kansas transporting crates filled with chickens to a unknown destination.


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Date: September 16, 1970
This black and white photograph shows President Richard Nixon and Governor Robert Docking at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. President Nixon deliver his speech "It's Time to Stand up and Be Counted" at the annual Landon Lecture Series held each academic year to honor former Governor Alf Landon. Accompanying the President from his speech are from left to right: First Lady Pat Nixon, Theo Landon, former Governor Alf Landon, Governor Docking, and Kansas' First Lady Meredith Dockin


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A photograph showing Robert Francis Kennedy speaking at a Landon Lecture Series, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

Creator: Lykins, Dan
Date: 1968


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Martin Luther King at Kansas State UniversityTwo photographs of Martin Luther King speaking at Kansas State University's regular convocation series. The topic of his speech was the future of integration. This was Dr. King's last speech on a university campus before his death on April 4, 1968.


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This is an aerial view showing flood waters from the Kansas River in downtown Manhattan, Kansas.

Date: 1935


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A photograph of the Manhattan Municipal Airport dedication at Manhattan, Kansas. Mayor Richard Dean Rogers was involved in building the airport.

Date: April 19, 1953

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He captioned this photograph: "Some have already reached that moment which each valley resident may eventually face when, like a character in a Thomas Wolfe novel, he 'stands upon the hillside overlooking the town he has left, yet does not say 'the town is near' but turns his eyes upon the distant, soaring ranges.'"


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"Dr. Burkman visited the deserted home of a former acquaintance who lived near the dam site and was bought out by Army Engineers when construction started in 1952. The incompleted earth and rip-rap structure can be seen at right."


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"The Blue River, now docile after several years of drought, was a contributing factor in the flood on the Kansas River, according to Army Engineers. Valley residents argue that debris found upstream proves that the Blue was backed up by the rampaging Kansas River which it joins near Manhattan."


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A distant view of the Tuttle Creek Dam project on the Kansas River in Riley County, Kansas. Tuttle Creek Dam was constructed by the U. S. Army Engineer District, Kansas City, Corps of Engineers.



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This is a stereograph showing Judge Samuel Kimble's stone home located 2001 West Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan, Kansas. It was built between 1894-1904 and was called Kimble Castle. Samuel Kimble was a Riley County District Judge.

Date: Between 1905 and 1910


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This is a birds-eye view of Kansas State Agricultural College looking north from the main building in Manhattan, Kansas.

Date: 1892



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