Federal funding enabled flood control in Kentucky’s Laurel River Valley, highlighting congressional priorities.
Appalachian History Series What Congress Authorized and Why In July 1960 the Flood Control Act became law and it expressly authorized "the project for flood control and allied purposes on Laurel River, Kentucky," to be carried out in line with the Chief of Engineers' recommendations in House Document 413 of the 86th Congress.
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