The fort worth flood of 1949

The night of May 16-17, 1949, over 6 inches of rain fell on Fort Worth overnight and caused the Trinity River to flood and break through the levees. This is the first time the story has been told in a full-length book.

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View of Montgomery Ward in the background. Tops of houses visible in foreground.

View of uprooted house on White Settlement Road. That’s how powerful the flood was.

All images used with permission from the Charles Welch Collection, Tarrant County Archives