“Not in another hundred years, could a disaster happen to the Bat Cave region, no matter how heavy the rains.” —W.S. Fallis, chief engineer of the state highway commission, 1916 In the Bat Cave area, locals have long referenced the Great Flood with trepidation. In 1916, it devastated the region, triggered landslides, destroyed nearly everyContinue reading “Reckoning with the Wreckage”