The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-29

par. OF August 40 thore. was n rise that
came g'adually, withou. any rain or APP
pearanoS OF rain ho'c, aud vhe( Rhe bottom
On the wes, side was covered II rose only a
few inches day, but continued to rise for
several weeks until II reached CcLosfL
BRYAE'a mark, and went about three iest
higher, ThiS was the creates. rise until 1866.
And Indeed there were only few rites OF
any note during that lime, aud they barely
getting over the bottom on the
west side two o. three feet
scarcely ever 30 high, but horsemen could
nsks their way over come parts OF the road
70 the river bark. The ierrv-boal, how
ever, was sometimes ran out nearly to the
loot OF the hills, keeping over tho lower
grounds. There being no great overflow
for so many years, the people began to con
dude, rs Is usual, that It would not rise so
high any more, and begar, 90 now, TO en-
crouch upon its domain by building, gar,
denine, planting, etc. But, as II TO warn
them Of It's permanent title TO dominion
aud its imperial authority, on the 9Th ~
April 1866, 1t cent out a food that covered
the land on the west bank, opposite this
city, to the depth OF two feet and then sub
sided. This was only calculated TO mia
lead the p ople, and they said This II
Tho spring rice and II 10 gone; 30 We may
build aud plant without any fear OF su
overflow" Houses we're constructed
fences we're built, wood was corded, cotton
was IN and chopped out, giving promise ol
a fac crop, corn was knee high and the
great rise Of the OH of May came. Fences,
c,rd'wood, crops, and even the soil that
had been p.owed were all swept away,
aud all idea Of building upon
and cultivating those lands was abandoned
ny the owners o! them. There WAS then an.
other long temperate season with thu river
and the people began 10 entertain the belief
that there would be 10 more great over.
lows. Nevertheless, on the III OF April,
1872 there was great rise-nenrly equal to
the present one. On the Oh Of November,
1877, there was an overflow, not quite up To
that. Ga tbs 22d OF November, 1877, there
was rise that exceeded the present oD'
hpOul slA iNgut5. IN lDt Iail hNu NlusSF w
| 1877 aud 1878 there were Elk ovsIilows oft
river, beginning on The ls.h OF October an1
ending on tho 10Th Of February. On the
9th OF Juae, 1873 there WAS food, that
want OYER he turnpike, and on tho 18th an'
other not quite over g. And yet Ciiizsns
would uarbor The .dea .huL there would b.
NJ moro such rises, and began TO bdild and
plant In toe oyeIil,wed dS,-o,e, 20 be sub
m srssd and driven out with loss Agd
nov, with all the wonder this rise has
cTenled snd the damage II has done, &c was
rom tLrie 10 five feet sh-ri o. the
riss of 1910. and ,Ielve 10 fifteen feet eho't
OF the rise OF 1866 ID is said thGtthe rise oi
1866 went across back q tho city as Il then
was, which wonlG be aoJu. where tbe
foundry now l., on Ross avenue, where the
postoiiice wAs, aud near MARsALts' new
store-house; but this 10 a mistake. 1t never
has crossed over there, md 1t would aston
ish almost any one TO know how much that
section of the city has risen or been raised.
The changes on the river front have been
such as 10 iniIlesd any one, and greatly. as
to the water marks, unless the person has
made It n study. TIE rise Of 1910 stands
unrivalod, save as by that OF 1866.