When it rains, it pours, as the say. And it rained a lot in March 1936. What’s more is that that the winter in many areas of the northeast and mid-Atlantic had seen a lot of snow over the winter. Because the temperatures had climbed above freezing what could have been more snow that March was rain. However, that rain pelted the snow pack on the mountains, melting it. The ground was still frozen for the most part so all of that rain and melted snow had nowhere to go but downhill. All over the northeast water filled up the streams and rivers beyond their capacity, leading to one of the worst floods that the region has seen. While Franklin County wasn’t on the receiving end of some of the worst flooding, it did have problems. The bridge to Read more…