It’s been 100 years since the destructive flood of 1925 hit the Borderland area. That flood led to cooperation between U.S. and Mexico to deal with the aftermath.
Mark Howe of the International Boundary and Water Commission wrote the following article on how the two countries came together to ‘tame the Rio Grande’:
A devastating rainstorm that hit El Paso on Sept. 1, 1925, caused widespread flooding that damaged more than 17,000 acres of cropland and hundreds of homes on both sides of the border. While memories of that disaster have faded away, the effects are with us still…