Pages past - July 12

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1950: Most of Roosevelt County was underwater. The Portales Daily News reported the region had gone from "drought to deluge" in 10 days.

Boating on "Main Street Canal" was popular following a night of heavy rain. Bennie Zeigenfuss and John Parker launched their rubber life rafts at First National bank and floated down Main to the Arch Highway lake, the newspaper reported.

"They might have been able to float clear to Arch. Water was running curb to curb all over town during the 2.75 inch deluge."

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