The rainy month of January 1937 would go on to permanently alter the landscape of the Ohio Valley, not that anyone knew it at the time.
Major floods had been somewhat common along the Ohio River at the time. River gauges measured flood levels above 60 feet at least six times in the two decades prior, each time causing disastrous situations for residents.
It was on this date, January 26, 1937, 89 years ago today, that river gauges reached 79.9 feet in Cincinnati, Ohio, the highest ever recorded…