Once was Silver Town
Argentine, a part of Kansas City, Kansas was once a silver refining town. A series of floods on the Kansas River, the last in 1951, spelled doom for the refining and a good portion of residential Argentine. About all that was left were a few concrete shells of buildings and two smokestacks. The Corps of Engineers built a number of dams on the tributaries of the river over eastern Kansas which have more or less controlled flooding, but the damage was done and the silver business of Argentine was no more.
Once was Silver Town
Argentine, a part of Kansas City, Kansas was once a silver refining town. A series of floods on the Kansas River, the last in 1951, spelled doom for the refining and a good portion of residential Argentine. About all that was left were a few concrete shells of buildings and two smokestacks. The Corps of Engineers built a number of dams on the tributaries of the river over eastern Kansas which have more or less controlled flooding, but the damage was done and the silver business of Argentine was no more.