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The Cowley
County Fairgrounds at Winfield, Kansas lies
on the east bank of the Walnut River and is outside the levee protecting the city
of Winfield
from flooding. The racetrack itself is only a couple hundred yards east
of the river and floods often. The racetrack was under about five feet
of water when these photographs were taken in 1961. Above, the
photographer was looking to the southwest from his vantage point on top of
the dike. The photo below was taken from about one hundred yards
north of the number four (northwest) corner of the racetrack. When the
water receded from this flood, a gravel bar was left behind on the racetrack,
right in front of the grandstand
- Bob Lawrence photos
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