Beginningon Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913, Columbus and the Ohio Valley endured adownpour that would produce the largest flood in one hundred years. Heavy rainscame on the heels of an especially cold winter, resulting in a torrent ofrunoff over saturated and frozen ground. Rivers and streams quickly overflowedand levees failed, sending tsunami-like floodwater into unsuspectingcommunities and claiming four hundred lives. There were ninety-six deaths inColumbus alone when the swollen Scioto River emptied water that ran nine to seventeenfeet deep through the streets of the near west side. Join Conrade C. Hinds andthe Columbus Landmarks Foundation in a closer look at a flood disaster thatreshaped the American Midwest.