The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tells Congress they can build the dam for 27 million dollars. Just to begin the project takes 5 million dollars. The final cost is 85 million dollars. There is a devastating flood on Fancy Creek and other rivers in the area. The Tuttle Creek Reservoir Dam is started.
Citizens think they have the building of the dam stopped.
A quarter of a million dollars is spent trying to stop the dam. The last year that The Randolph Enterprise is printed. The Printing Office is moved to Leonardville and is called The Riley Countian. There are only 12 businesses open. The Citizen State Bank is moved to Manhattan.