The Great Flood of ‘61
By Harvey H. (“Hardy”) Jackson In some parts of the state it has been a wet summer. Dry streams ran wet, creeks and rivers rose, lakes filled, and though dams were able to release water and control the level of the lakes they impounded, that water had to go somewhere, and that somewhere was downstream. All this reminded me of the words of “Uncle Bud” Ryland, a Coosa River fisherman…