Morrison is a low-lying town at the confluence of two drainages, Bear Creek and Mt. Vernon Creek. With a watershed stretching to Mount Blue Sky (historically Mount Evans), the town has experienced its share, maybe more, of devastating floods. Here are reports from a few of them over the years of its settlement.
July 24, 1896: A newspaper account
Aug 7, 1906:
“Bear Creek again assumed flood proportions, doing much damage but no lives were lost.”
—Jefferson Co. Graphic
Sunday, Aug 30, 1925:
“… many picnickers were in the canon. Two or three bridges were washed out, automobiles were caught in the water and washed into the creek, but minor damage was done the road, and no loss of life was reported.”
—Jefferson Co. Graphic
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